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ON LOCATION 9 I BLACK MESA, ARIZONA Rising like a black giant high above the flat grasslands of northeastern Arizona, Black Mesa, or “Big Mountain,” is a land feature easily recognizable from hundreds of miles away. A mesa, a geological table in arid clime, is often vast, uncharted, and barren of most signs of human habitat. Over 8,000 feet high, Black Mesa is located near Kayenta, Arizona, due west of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The town of Kayenta is a Navajo settlement on the Kayenta Formation plateau. This plateau is the foundation for Zion National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, and Canyonlands National Park. Kayenta is also the home of the Monument Valley Film, Blues and Arts Festival, created by Navajo Nation citizens. Not a true mesa, the plateau is rich with veins of coal. Hence, the popular name of Black Mesa. Coal mining began in the 1960s by Peabody Coal Company. Subsequent owners, continue the lucrative process, despite cultural and environmental protests. As early as 1900 B.C., corn was harvested here by ancestors of the Hopi Indians. Later, the Anasazi, too planted their crops along the river. But without irrigating channels, they, too, were forced to abandon their agricultural endeavors at Black Mesa, leaving around 1150 A.D. In “Conversations with the Artist” below, Angus has a lot to say about the picture. The power of the site clearly impresses him. Today the Hopis still farm in the southern and central parts of the region. Yet their reservation is surrounded by Navajo lands. Long-seated tensions remain. 42
Stairway to the Gods (Black Mesa, Arizona). Clouds represent the spirit of change, movement and creativity. Here, the clouds are contrasted with the stark and geometric, but beautiful adobe stairs most likely used in spiritual ceremonies.
Page 5 and 6: SACRED EARTH SITES: SEEING THE UNSE
Page 8 and 9: TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S PREFAC
Page 10 and 11: THE ITINERARY 1. MONTICELLO, VIRGIN
Page 12 and 13: ON LOCATION 1 I M O N T I C E L L O
Page 15 and 16: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
Page 17 and 18: Bear Mound, Iowa. Bear Mound - Effi
Page 21 and 22: “Wineman’s” Bluff, Missouri.
Page 25 and 26: Mountain Ridge, Colorado Plateau, C
Page 29 and 30: Stone Circle, Colorado. Stone Circl
Page 33 and 34: Endless Embrace. Scruff in the fore
Page 37: Undulating Seams. Shot at high noon
Page 40 and 41: Eternal Sky Meets Age-old Artifices
Page 45: Beyond Approach. Cliffs drop off to
Page 50 and 51: A Stairway (Black Mesa, Arizona). S
Page 52 and 53: ON LOCATION 10 I S U P E R S T I T
Page 54 and 55: The Stillness of a Whisper. Apache
Page 56 and 57: ON LOCATION 11 I B O R D E R , A R
Page 58 and 59: Arizona-Nevada border, north of the
Page 60 and 61: ON LOCATION 12 I A N A S A Z I R U
Page 62 and 63: The Winding Way. Arizona Anasazi Ru
Page 64 and 65: ON LOCATION 13 I Z U N I L A N D S
Page 66 and 67: Split Tree in Black-and-White. A Zu
Page 68 and 69: ON LOCATION 14 I E S C A L A N T E
Page 70 and 71: Bleak Plateau. In black-and-white,
Page 72 and 73: Sagacious Sage. A backward glance c
Page 74 and 75: Sage Glance. The black and white ta
Page 76 and 77: Waves Frozen in Motion. This image
Page 78 and 79: Holding Pen. So much more depth sho
Page 80 and 81: Escalante Plateau - the Fortress. S
Page 82 and 83: Escalante Plateau Crevasse. The con
Page 84 and 85: ON LOCATION 15 I C A P I TO L R E E
Page 86 and 87: The Striped Tower The Striped Tower
Page 88 and 89: ON LOCATION 16 I B RY C E C A N Y O
Page 90 and 91: Pins and Needles. Depths of torture
Page 92 and 93: s In the Shadows. Fortress of red r
Page 94 and 95: s A Void. Forming a dark secret
Page 96 and 97: Lake Protected by Rock. Beneficial
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Ghost Mountain. The haunting of a l
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ON LOCATION 17 I “ H OV ” H OV
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Anasazi Cloud Crowd. Near Escalante
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ON LOCATION 18 I Z I O N N AT I O N
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In Between. Spiritual energy emits
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ON LOCATION 19 I M O J AV E D E S E
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Ominous Space. Darkened lens highli
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ON LOCATION 20 I N E VA DA , O N T
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s Warrior. Illustrating the narrati
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ON LOCATION 21 I CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS
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Glimpses of Prior Grandeur. A long
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Peaceful Existence. At the foot of
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C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
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The Mississippi River and Watershed
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Snake. Petroglyph, Tent Rocks, New
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