Nine Mile Canyon: The Archaeological History of an American Treasure

I’ve been to Nine Mile Canyon many times, however, this book encourages me to go back and see everything I’ve missed! Awesome book!

We ordered our own copy of this book after enjoying a borrowed copy. It is a good guide for 9 MIle Canyon.

Very well written and informative. Wonderful addition to my collection of books on archaeology and history.

This book provided me with a wonderful overview of the rock art of Nine Mile Canyon, Utah. I recommend it for anybody planning on spending time in that remarkable canyon.

a very thorough description of an interesting site in america. he goes into the history and the facts surrounding this one of a kind american landmark.

The author is very qualified in his field and has presented a fascinating study of the area with wonderful pictures and a good narrative.

I love this canyon and Jerry does a great job helping me better understand it.

Nine Mile Canyon is famous for its exceptional gallery of rock art (nearly all petroglyphs; alas I have never been there). Spangler has been heavily involved in recent survey efforts. As the title says, his book is about the history of archaeological research in the canyon. Spangler has done thorough research on this history, including letters from the 1930s related to bringing staff to the university. There are lots of photos (nearly all black-and-white) of the petroglyphs, but Spangler has little discussion of them; there are also photos of building remains. He emphasizes that Nine Mile Canyon is not representative of Fremont sites in northeastern Utah and makes comparisons with Range Creek (his inference from types of granaries is interesting). In the final chapter, he speculates that Nine Mile Canyon may have been inhabited by relatively few families who had multiple agricultural field sites (similar to the Tarahumara). Surprisingly, there is no discussion of how Nine Mile petroglyphs differ from other nearly areas (Range Creek). It also seems unusual that Nine Mile could have so many detailed petroglyph panels if it was inhabited by only a few families at any one time.

Condition of book is as described Looking forward to reading it. Visited 9 Mile Canyon several years ago, so want to read more about it....