Architecture of the Ancient Ones

Infectious Beauty Whether it is the red sunrises, the fire in the sky at dusk, or the shimmering mirages in the heat of the day, there is a beauty in the Southwest that ties the imagination to the land. It is an ancient land where the discovery of stone tools proves that people have lived in the region for thousands of years. The items left behind and the sandstone cliffs cutting across the sky convey a sense of endless expanses, but the cliff dwellings and empty kivas show that in a land of apparently limitless vistas, there are endings. The contradiction is haunting, and the empty kivas, open spaces, and the sunset capture hearts and souls, drawings visitors back to the Southwest, seeking new places and old remains of stone villages and homes.Brinkerhoff, Val is the author of 'Architecture of the Ancient Ones' with ISBN 9780879059552 and ISBN 0879059559.