Byron Cummings
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Byron Cummings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Byron |
| FAMILY NAME | Cummings |
| SIGNATURE | CUMMINGS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1915 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Some Unusual Kivas Near Navajo Mountain
Sitting astride the border which separates Arizona from Utah is Navajo Mountain, a great rounded dome that rises from the high plateau. The igneous rock never entirely broke through the mass of sedentary deposits that covered the surface as in the case at El Capitan, and several other places to the west in Monument Valley. The tremendous pressure from beneath simply elevated a portion of the surface, leaving jagged cracks on its slopes here and t…
Aztecs of Mexico
Segazlin Mesa Ruins
Kivas of the San Juan Drainage
TO one who has tramped or ridden all day across the sandy plains of the Navajo or Hopi reservations without finding a spring or a decent water hole, there is no need of explaining the importance of mother earth and the rain gods in the theology of the Indians of that region. The scanty vegetation draws its sustenance from the soil; the pockets in the rocks store the precious fluid that keeps flocks and herds alive; and from the crevices in the cl…
Navajo Sand Paintings
Prehistoric Pottery of the Southwest
The Archaeology of the Southwest
Kivas of the San Juan Drainage1
Kivas of the San Juan Drainage1
Prehistoric Pottery of the Southwest
The Archaeology of the Southwest
Navajo Sand Paintings
Kivas of the San Juan Drainage
TO one who has tramped or ridden all day across the sandy plains of the Navajo or Hopi reservations without finding a spring or a decent water hole, there is no need of explaining the importance of mother earth and the rain gods in the theology of the Indians of that region. The scanty vegetation draws its sustenance from the soil; the pockets in the rocks store the precious fluid that keeps flocks and herds alive; and from the crevices in the cl…
Segazlin Mesa Ruins
Aztecs of Mexico
Some Unusual Kivas Near Navajo Mountain
Sitting astride the border which separates Arizona from Utah is Navajo Mountain, a great rounded dome that rises from the high plateau. The igneous rock never entirely broke through the mass of sedentary deposits that covered the surface as in the case at El Capitan, and several other places to the west in Monument Valley. The tremendous pressure from beneath simply elevated a portion of the surface, leaving jagged cracks on its slopes here and t…
Archaeology and Natural History (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Biology (2 works)