1. "Prehistoric Rock Art of Nevada and Eastern California" Robert
F. Heizer and Martin A. Baumhoff. 1962 University of California
Press Berkeley, California
-The best modern scientific analysis of Petroglyphs
2. "Ancient Rock Carving of the Central Sierra: The North Fork
Indian Petroglyphs" Willis A. Gartner 1984 Portola Press Woodside CA.
- Another good objective archaeological study.
3. "Picture-Writing of the American Indians" Garrick Mallery 1972
Dover Press (Republication of the Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau
of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute 1888-89)
-The first catalog of American Indian and International petroglyphs
and pictographs. Some fascinating interpretations from last century.
4. "Ancient North America - The Archaeology of a Continent" Brian
M. Fagan 1991 Thames & Hudson, New York.
- A good archaeology textbook.
5. "Ancient Ruins of the Southwest" David Grant Noble 1991
Northland Publishing, Flagstaff AZ.
- An archaeological guide to Indian and Anasazi ruins and cliff
dwellings.
6. "America B.C." Barry Fell, 1989 Pocket Books, New York.
- An alternative (however biased) view and interpretation to Pre-
Columbian commerce between Europe and the New World.
Interesting listing of ruins and artifacts.
7. "Ice Age Earth - Late Quaternary Geology and Climate" Alastair
G. Dawson 1992 Routledge, London UK.
- The climate has changed drastically and catastrophically over
the last 10,000 years, a blink of the eye in geological terms. The
environment of early settlers in North America can not be ignored in
interpreting artifacts and ruins.