Two Books Exploring Anasazi

Salt Lake Tribune – Trailing the Anasazi By Brett Prettyman, The Salt Lake Tribune

During a trip to Grand Gulch in southeastern Utah in 1987, Roberts was able to again experience the wonder of the ancient people whom he calls Anasazi. (Roberts explains in detail in the book why he uses that name instead of “Ancestral Puebloans,” which many archaeologists now use). The inspiration eventually led to two books focusing on the Anasazi, including the recently released Sandstone Spine: Seeking the Anasazi on the First Traverse of the Comb Ridge. …

His first book on the Anasazi in 1997, In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest, only caused Roberts to crave more knowledge on the subject. …

Perhaps no book captures that notion of exploring the Anasazi on their own turf more than his new one, which recounts an 18-day journey in 2004 in a wild and remote area on the Utah and Arizona border.