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Details the geologic features of America's second longest river, describes wildlife, human communities, ecosystems, impact of induustry, and examines the causes of the depletion of the Rio Grande water. Also details some of the efforts of New Mexicans who are trying to restore this natural resource.

"The eastern Pueblo heartland, located in the northern Rio Grande country of New Mexico, has fascinated archaeologists since the 1870s. In Ancestral Landscapes of the Pueblo World, James Snead uses an exciting new approach - landscape archaeology - to understand ancestral Pueblo communities and the way the people consciously or unconsciously shaped the land around them. Snead provides detailed insight into ancestral Puebloan cultures and societies...

". . . tell[s] an inspiring story of Yo-Yo Ma, who challenges conventions, expectations, and beliefs in order to build bridges to unite communities, people, and cultures"--Provided by publisher.

"After losing wife, children, and hope, Frank Rule becomes a grief-hardened wanderer, tracker, and killer when he needs to be. Rule hits town like a grim, low-flying angel, quietly avenging the murdered or missing."--Back cover. "Short, bald, and bespectacled, Frank Rule is not a typical Llano Estacado cowboy. While moving his family out of the Rio Grande Valley, an area tormented by Comancheros and bands of renegade Indians, disaster befalls the...