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Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen | 
 enlarge | Author: Dave Wilson
Publisher: Falcon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 70794
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1560448342
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.90433
UPC: 031623448344
EAN: 9781560448341
ASIN: 1560448342
Publication Date: February 1, 2000
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Product Description
Contains maps and detailed directions to the remote sites, provides water availability information, and points out hazards on the way to some of the most spectacular areas of the Southwest.
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"There are ancient treasures hidden across the American Southwest. Tucked away in remote canyons are hundreds of ruins, cultural treasures that provide a wealth of information about the past--and most people never visit them. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen is"
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 Review of "Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen" February 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having grown up in the Southwest, I sometimes get a bit weary of all the newcomers who think they have to write a book about their "discovery" of this region. This book stands in contrast to many of those books in that it invites the reader to come along on the path of discovery.
The text is written clearly and competently edited. Directions to the sites are easy to follow, and the difficulty level of each hike is realistic if the adventurer is healthy and in good shape.
The information the author gives about the sites is fairly accurate, considering he is not a trained anthropologist. In fact, that may be an advantage in that the text is not cluttered up with a bunch of incomprehensible jargon; however, the author's explicit demand that those wishing to visit these sites show them complete respect should satisfy any professional in the field since they are notoriously picky about laymen visiting sites without the company of an expert.
In all, it's an enjoyable read that gets me excited about taking a hike.
 You can find the same info on the internet January 30, 2007
This book was okay, but you can pretty much find all of this info (and more) on the internet. Most of these ruins didn't really seem that "seldom seen" to me. However, if you don't want to do the research on the web, I would recommend this book as a good resource.
Good book for Arizona January 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The ruins are mostly in Arizona which really doesn't have the best ones.
I've hiked almost all fo these December 21, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've hiked almost all of these hikes using this book. About half are accurate, the other half, forget it. You cannot find the trailhead. I was pissed off alot of the time because I drove miles out of my way and couldn't find the trail. Also, this book is old and the topography has changed quite a bit. SOme of his strenous hikes are not, but usually it is the other way around. He needs to drive these roads again, some of the "well graded" dirt roads are horrible, rough and rocky. Don't even think of going to White Mountain Tanks near Phoenix, it is a zoo. The Picacho Peak site was great, though.
Original and Well Researched August 6, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let's face it, when it comes to hiking books, by-and-large they're not the most researched publications in the world. They tell you where to begin a hike, where to end, and a bit about what you'll see along the way, but almost nothing beyond the author's own observations.
Ruins Seldom Seen is the first hiking guide I've seen that is truly different. In addition to the usual practical information, the book provides information on the history of ancient Native American pueblos, cliff dwellings and rock arts sites. You learn which Indians occupied specific archaeological sites, when they were occupied, and what purpose the sites served (not all ruins were used for habitation). Clearly, the author has done his homework. If you don't believe it, just check the bibliography, which contains page after page of research papers written by professional archaeologists.
It's also refreshing to read a book about Indian ruins that isn't obsessed with "glamour" sites in the Four Corners area. Actually, the book does contain quite a few chapters on Anasazi cliff dwellings and rock art sites in New Mexico and southern Utah, but the emphasis is on ruins in Arizona that you've probably never even heard of let alone seen. I was amazed to learn there are cliff dwellings in the Sierra Ancha Mts., Superstition Mts. and other places in central Arizona that are every bit as fascinating as those further north. As for the many "hilltop pueblos" covered in the book, I was equally amazed to learn that so many of them even exist in the Grand Canyon state. Anyone who is not aware of such places has clearly not done THEIR homework.
Because of its originality wealth of historical information, I give the book Ruins Seldom Seen and enthusiastic "thumbs up."
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