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Publications

Books

This library highlights publications authored by CPAA board members whose research and writing contribute to the understanding and preservation of archaeological and cultural landscapes.

The links below direct you to external retailers where these books are available for purchase and further study.

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The Crimson Cowboys

The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition

By Jerry D. Spangler and James M. Aton

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John Wesley Powell

His Life and Legacy

By James M. Aton

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The River Knows Everything

Desolation Canyon and the Green

By James M. Aton

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Red Rock and Rawhide

Ranching in the Grand Staircase, Escalante Canyons, and Arizona Strip Country

By Jerry D. Spangler and Mark E. DeGiovanni Miller

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Nine Mile Canyon

The Archaeological History of an American Treasure

By Jerry D. Spangler

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Last Chance Byway

The History of Nine Mile Canyon

By Jerry D. Spangler and Donna Kemp Spangler

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The Art and Life of Jimmie Jones:

Landscape Artist of the Canyon Country

By James M. Aton

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River Flowing From The Sunrise: 

An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan

By James M. Aton and Robert S. McPherson

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Deep Roots

a 10,000-year Indigenous History of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

By Jerry D. Spangler and Matthew K. Zweifel

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Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings

The Jackson Flat Reservoir Project

Edited by Heidi Roberts, Richard V. N. Ahlstrom, and Jerry D. Spangler

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The Archaeological Adventures of I.V. Jones

By Heidi Roberts

Articles in Archaeology

photograph of Alex Greenwald, curator of ethnography, talking about the display of Indigenous items at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

Utah museum acknowledges it’s ‘not appropriate’ to hold Native ancestors. Here’s what it’s doing about it.

The Salt Lake Tribune

photograph of Faculty and students from BYU's 2023 Archaeological Field School explore the remains of a 1,000-year-old Fremont village at the Hinckley Mounds in west Provo on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

Provo excavation finds artifacts tied to 1,000-year-old Fremont village

The Salt Lake Tribune

An aerial view of Navajo Canyon on Lake Powell, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The high water mark is near the boundary between Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the Navajo Nation.

Cultural sites are being revealed by a dwindling Lake Powell

The Salt Lake Tribune