Southwest Crossroads

If you're a lifelong learning searching for resources about the Southwest United States, the go take a look at Southwest Crossroads which describes its website, "Southwest Crossroads: Cultures and Histories of the American Southwest is a dynamic, interactive, on-line learning matrix of original texts, poems, fiction, maps, paintings, photographs, oral histories, and films that allows users of all ages to explore the many contentious stories that diverse peoples have used to make sense of themselves and the region."

It's also a great website for teachers, since the material can easily be used for classes.

Land Use History of North America at USGS

From Mars Hill

Flagstaff, Arizona

Credit Marilyn Crain

This time we get "two for the price of one." Go visit Land Use History of North America (LUHNA) and Colorado Plateau-Land Use History of North America (CP-LUHNA) for a good contribution to your resources on the environmental history of the United States. It goes a long way toward explaining the delicate balance between the viability of our environment and its plant and animal inhabitants and the needs of our human population.

The CP-LUHNA is exceptional in the quality and quantity of material available. These two sites are definite assets to be added to your learning toolbox.

Lifelong learners, enjoy.

One World Journey: The Sonoran Desert

Just can't get enough of the American Southwest? Want to learn a bit more about the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border? Then, here's a website for you.

The Sonoran Desert: 5000 Square Miles of Silence enables you to join a One World Journey team as they travel the historic El Camino del Diablo to explore the history and environment of the Sonoran Desert and efforts to preserve it.

Here you will find gorgeous photography, audio expedition journals, essays and a timeline of human interaction with the desert.

This is one resource that is well worth your time to explore.

Clovis to Coronado at University of Arizona

Want to learn about the prehistory of the southwest United States? Here's an excellent course for you. ANTH205 Clovis to Coronado: Prehistoric Peoples of the Southwest, taught by Dr. J. Jefferson Reid, gives access to the syllabus and 24 lectures (notes and links). Some of the readings are not available (password protected), but several are, so be sure to check each one.

You'll also find several links at the bottom of the last page of each lecture.

The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona and Grasshopper Pueblo, A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life by Jefferson Reid and Stephanie Whittlesey are the texts used.

This is an exceptional class.