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Guide to Western National Monuments

Author : Mike Endres
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1937052745
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Guide to Western National Monuments written by Mike Endres and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • The top attractions in 76 National Monuments in 11 states (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY) • Includes 17 national monuments currently under administration review • Features spectacular color photos, maps, trailhead directions, and details about each monument The Guide to Western National Monuments showcases 76 of the nation’s 122 public lands protected by a Presidential decree. These are the best places to visit if you want to hike and camp in spectacular scenery with relatively few people (compared to National Parks). Many of the Monuments contain ancient ruins, pictographs, and petroglyphs that are still in good condition. The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave the President authority to establish National Monuments as an expedient method for protecting natural and historically significant areas in the United States. Theodore Roosevelt designated the first Monument, Devils Tower, and established the long-standing tradition. Many previously-designated Monuments have changed to National Parks or another federal status, while others have been transferred to state control. Nearly half of our current National Parks began as a National Monument. Currently, 23 of the National Monuments--including Bears Ears, Golden Butte, and Giant Sequoia--are under review and may be stripped of their protected status. This guide will help readers understand what may be lost to development.

Sacred Geometry of the Earth

Author : Mark Vidler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620554690
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Geometry of the Earth written by Mark Vidler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the patterns of our planet’s design within the natural landscape • Explains the geometry inherent in the mountains and coasts on all continents • Reveals how ancient monuments were built to reflect and enhance the Earth’s design, often connecting sites around the world • Includes detailed maps that show the simple geometrical relationships among the world’s mountains, coastlines, islands, and ancient monuments From continent to continent across the globe, Mark Vidler and Catherine Young reveal that order is everywhere on Earth. On remote islands, soaring summits, and level deltas, they unveil natural topographic patterns related to pi, the golden ratio, and right-triangle geometry. And as the planet’s design emerges, it becomes clear that this hidden order in nature decided the location of ancient monuments the world over. Through detailed maps, Vidler and Young show how the locations of megalithic monuments reflect and enhance a natural pattern on the Earth that connects its major features. The rows of standing stones at Carnac in France, for example, point to the summits of Mount Everest and K2, and Angkor Wat in Cambodia is on a straight line joining Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and the tip of Cape Comorin in India. The authors examine the geography of many islands and each continent, including Antarctica, to show how the highest peak on each landmass falls on a line connecting coastal extremes. They reveal how circles of standing stones and man-made mounds mark intersections of these lines. They explore the connection between the Nazca lines in Peru and the Amazon, Nile, and Ganges deltas and explain how the locations of the Giza pyramids, Stonehenge, and Machu Picchu are integrated into the natural design on Earth. As they uncover geometric patterns on the Earth line by line, point by point, the authors reveal how the world’s ancient monuments represent a form of transglobal communication that far predates the written word.

Our National Monuments

Author : Q. T. Luong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733576079
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Our National Monuments written by Q. T. Luong and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the north woods of Maine to the cactus-filled deserts of Arizona, America's national monuments include vast lands rivaling the national parks in beauty, diversity, and historical heritage. These critically important landscapes, mostly under the Bureau of Land Management supervision, are often under the radar with limited visitor information available yet offer considerable opportunities for solitude and adventure compared to bustling national parks. The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave Presidents the authority to proclaim national monuments as an expedited way to protect areas of natural or cultural significance. Since then, 16 Presidents have used the Antiquities Act to preserve some of America's most treasured public lands and waters. In 2017, an unprecedented Executive Order was issued questioning these designations by calling for the review of 27 national monuments across 11 states and two oceans, opening the threat of development to vulnerable and irreplaceable natural resources. Our National Monuments introduces these spectacular and unique landscapes, in the first book of its kind. Accompanying the collection of scenic photographs is an invaluable guide including maps of each national monument with carefully selected attractions identified and described based on the author's wide-ranging explorations. Our National Monuments invites readers to experience for themselves these lands and learn about the people and cultures who came before, and to whom these lands are still sacred places. QT Luong is one of the most prolific photographers working in America's public lands and the author of Treasured Lands, the best-selling and acclaimed photography book about the national parks. Combining hundreds of his sumptuously printed photographs with essays from citizen conservation associations caring for these national treasures; including a foreword by former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and photographs of marine national monuments from Ansel Adams award-winning photographer Ian Shive, the comprehensive portrayals of Our National Monuments help readers understand how these essential landscapes are preserving America's past and shaping its future.

Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

Author : Erin L. Thompson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393867684
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments written by Erin L. Thompson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading expert on the past, present, and future of public monuments in America. An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up and which should come down? Who should make these decisions, and how? Erin L. Thompson, the country’s leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political, and social issues involved in such battles, brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She lays bare the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, from the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom that tops the United States Capitol, to the fervent Klansman fired from sculpting the world’s largest Confederate monument—who went on to carve Mount Rushmore. And she explores the surprising motivations behind contemporary flashpoints, including the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol, the question of who should be represented on the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park, and the decision by a museum of African American culture to display a Confederate monument removed from a public park. Written with great verve and informed by a keen sense of American history, Smashing Statues gives readers the context they need to consider the fundamental questions for rebuilding not only our public landscape but our nation as a whole: Whose voices must be heard, and whose pain must remain private?

Natural Landmarks of Arizona

Author : David Yetman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816542457
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Natural Landmarks of Arizona written by David Yetman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural Landmarks of Arizona celebrates the vast geological past of Arizona’s natural monuments through the eyes of a celebrated storyteller who has called Arizona home for most of his life. David Yetman shows us how Arizona’s most iconic landmarks were formed millions of years ago and sheds light on the more recent histories of these landmarks as well. These peaks and ranges offer striking intrusions into the Arizona horizon, giving our southwestern state some of the most memorable views, hikes, climbs, and bike rides anywhere in the world. They orient us, they locate us, and they are steadfast through generations. Whether you have climbed these peaks many times, enjoy seeing them from your car window, or simply want to learn more about southwestern geology and history, reading Natural Landmarks of Arizona is a fascinating way to learn about the ancient and recent history of beloved places such as Cathedral Rock, Granite Dells, Kitt Peak, and many others. With Yetman as your guide, you can tuck this book into your glove box and hit the road with profound new knowledge about the towering natural monuments that define our beautiful Arizona landscapes.

Mountain Temples & Temple Mountains

Author : Nachiket Chanchani
Publisher : Global South Asia
ISBN 13 : 9780295744513
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Temples & Temple Mountains written by Nachiket Chanchani and published by Global South Asia. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From approximately the third century BCE through the thirteenth century CE, the remote mountainous landscape around the glacial sources of the Ganga (Ganges) River in the Central Himalayas in northern India was transformed into a region encoded with deep meaning, one approached by millions of Hindus as a primary locus of pilgrimage. Nachiket Chanchani?s innovative study explores scores of stone edifices and steles that were erected in this landscape. Through their forms, locations, interactions with the natural environment, and sociopolitical context, these lithic ensembles evoked legendary worlds, embedded historical memories in the topography, changed the mountain range?s appearance, and shifted its semiotic effect. Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains also alters our understanding of the transmission of architectural knowledge and provides new evidence of how an enduring idea of India emerged in the subcontinent. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains

A View from the West

Author : Vicki Cummings
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782973435
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book A View from the West written by Vicki Cummings and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2009-11-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of this study are the early Neolithic chambered tombs of the Irish Sea zone, defined as west Wales, the west coast of northern Britain, coastal south and western Scotland, the western isles and the Isle of Man, and the eastern coast of Ireland. In order to understand these monuments, there must be a broader consideration of their landscape settings. The landscape setting of the chambered tombs is considered in detail, both overall and through a number of specific case studies, incorporating a much wider area than has been previously considered. Cummings investigates the background against which the Neolithic began in the Irish Sea zone and what led to the adoption of Neolithic practices, such as the construction of monuments. Following on from this, she considers what the chambered tombs and landscape can add to our understanding of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. This volume aims to incorporate landscape analysis into a broader understanding of the Neolithic sequence in this area and beyond. It will provide an introduction to the Mesolithic and Neolithic of the Irish Sea zone, as well as a summary of previous work on this subject. It also offers a starting point for future research and a better understanding of this area.

Southwestern Monuments: Monthly Report

Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southwestern Monuments: Monthly Report written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (N.M.) Management Plan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (N.M.) Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe

Author : Chris Scarre
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134482191
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe written by Chris Scarre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlantic Europe is the zone par excellence of megalithic monuments, which encompass a wide range of earthen and stone constructions from inpressive stone circles to modest chambered tombs. A single basic concept lies behind this volume - that the intrinsic qualities encountered within the diverse landscapes pf Atlantic Europe both informed the settings chosen for the monuments and played a role in determining their form and visual appearance. Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe goes significantly beyond the limits of existing debate by inviting archaeologists from different countries with the Atlantic zone (including Britain, France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden) to examine the relationship between landscape features and prehistoric monuments in their specialist regions. By placing the issue within a broader regional and intellectual context, the authors illustrate the diversity of current archaeological ideas and approaches converging around this central theme.

Chiricahua, Joshua Tree, and Saguaro National Monuments, and Haleakala and Mesa Verde National Parks

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chiricahua, Joshua Tree, and Saguaro National Monuments, and Haleakala and Mesa Verde National Parks written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Glimpses of Our National Monuments ...

Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Glimpses of Our National Monuments ... written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Noah's Ark Uncovered

Author : Henri Nissen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788772478135
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book Noah's Ark Uncovered written by Henri Nissen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was the great flood mentioned in ancient civilizations? Is the story of Noah's ark more than a myth? These are some of the mysteries that journalist and author Henri Nissen seek to unravel in this interesting and provoking book.

The Family Guide to Colorado's National Parks and Monuments

Author : Carolyn Sutton
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781565795365
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Family Guide to Colorado's National Parks and Monuments written by Carolyn Sutton and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the desert canyons to the mountains and wastern prairie, Colorados's federally designated parklands offer the adventures of a lifetime. With important details at your fingertips, this comprehensive guide soptlights key attractions for parents and kids alike.

The Geology of Southern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands

Author : Peter Scholle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883905484
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)

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Book Synopsis The Geology of Southern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands by : Peter Scholle

Download or read book The Geology of Southern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands written by Peter Scholle and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Becoming Water

Author : Michael Demuth
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855736
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Water written by Michael Demuth and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada’s high and low Arctic, and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured and how they figure into the national and global story of inevitable change. The reader will learn to think like a scientist, in particular how to look at climate-related data that contains cycles, trends and shifts, and then ponder what questions to ask in the face of our dramatically changing environment. This book encourages Canadians to explore upstream from ourselves, learning about our origins and how climate change and encroaching human settlement are drastically impacting our glaciers and therefore the natural and human landscapes that lie below—and are dependent upon—them.

National Monuments of the USA

Author : Cameron Walker
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN 13 : 071126550X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book National Monuments of the USA written by Cameron Walker and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel through America’s incredible history and amazing wild places, visiting the National Monuments that celebrate the most iconic and majestic landscapes and locations in the USA. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the history, architecture, flora, and fauna in some of the most visited National Monuments in the United States, this gorgeously illustrated book showcases the nation’s most historically important and amazing places. Marvel at some of the world’s most famous landmarks, such as the Statue of Liberty. Discover lesser-known but just as breathtaking sites such as the Aniakchak volcano caldera. Read about geological wonders like the John Day Fossil Beds. Learn about places of solemn historical significance, such as the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. Divided into eight chapters covering the breadth of the US, pictographic maps locate each of the monuments explored, while double-page, poster-worthy scenes convey the beauty of the areas featured. Monuments covered include Statue of Liberty, Stonewall, Katahdin, the National Mall, Forts of the East, Jewel Cave, Pipestone, New Mexico, Pullman, Grand-Staircase Escalante, Chiricahua National Monument, AZ, Bandelier National Monument, Rainbow Bridge, the Dinosaur National Monument, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Colorado National Monument, the Devil's Tower, Muir Woods, Golden Gate Bridge, Tule Lake, Mount St Helens, John Day Fossil Beds, Admiralty Island, the Misty Fjords, Aniakchak, Papahānaumokuākea, Marianas Trench, Rose Atoll, and more! Spot artworks and captions give important historical context for the memorial sites, as well as scientific information about the animals and plants found in the precious natural habitats. The perfect armchair escapism for adventure-hungry kids, readers will marvel at the fantastic sights to be seen throughout the United States of America. Brimming with facts, activities, and beautiful illustrations, the National Parks of the USA series of books immerses young people in the wonders of America’s outdoors. Learn about the wonderful wildlife, stunning scenery, and rare plants that inhabit these precious outdoor spaces. Celebrate these beautiful and rare locations, and be awed by the diversity and grandeur of the national parks’ living landscapes. Also in the series: National Parks of the USA and National Parks of the USA Postcards.