Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest

H. M. Wormington's Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest was for decades the standard popular introduction to Southwestern archaeology, walking general readers through the Basketmaker, Pueblo, Hohokam, Mogollon, and other ancient cultures of the region. Hannah Marie Wormington was a pioneering figure, one of the first women to earn real standing in American archaeology, and she wrote with a clarity that made the deep past of the Four Corners accessible without dumbing it down.

Issued by the Denver Museum of Natural History as Popular Series No. 7, this is the fifth printing, dated 1961 on the title page, with an appendix by National Park Service archaeologist Erik K. Reed pointing readers toward exhibit sites, modern pueblos, and museums worth visiting. The handsome dust jacket carries a diagonal band of Ancestral Puebloan key-and-fret design. A sturdy, well-traveled copy of the book that taught generations of visitors how to look at the prehistoric Southwest.