National Park to Host Book Signing for Bandelier National Monument

SANTA FE, N.M. - April 7, 2016 - PRLog -- National Park to Host Book Signing for Bandelier National Monument

Local author, Paul R. Secord, will be available to sign copies of book

Bandelier National Monument is located about 60 miles west of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the edge of the Valles Caldera, the center of a massive extinct volcano that forms the Jemez Mountains. The 50-plus-square-mile preserve was designated a national monument in 1916 and is named for anthropologist Adolph Bandelier, the first Euro-American to describe the area and encourage its preservation. Within its boundaries are some of the most important archaeological resources and the most striking scenery in the American Southwest. With deep canyons cutting through volcanic ash, the dramatic geology of the area alone would warrant national attention. However, this is also a place that shows evidence of nearly continuous human occupation for more than 10,000 years and still retains direct links between prehistoric and living Native Americans.

Highlights from the Book:

· Adolph Bandelier (1840 - 1914) is a seminal figure in American anthropology who greatly influenced the movement for government preservation of archaeological sites in the United States.

· Feral wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo merriami), common throughout Bandelier, are all descendants of domesticated turkeys introduced about 600CE into the Southwest by Pueblo peoples originally for their feathers and were not used for food until about 900CE.

· One of the most dramatic archaeological sites at Bandelier is the over 400 room Tyuonyi (Qu-weh-nee) Keres pueblo, which was occupied by the ancestors of the modern Cochiti Pueblo.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Bandelier National Monument - Visitor Center

2-A Entrance Road

Los Alamos, NM 87544

When: Saturday, April 16th, 2016

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