The desert Southwest: four thousand years of life and art

Lost cities, ancient treasures

Prehistory. The Tucson farmers ; The Hohokam ; The Salado ; The Sinagua ; The Mogollon ; Casas Grandes ; Exit East ; Heading West ; Canadian immigrants ; Prehistory ends

The Spanish come. First contact ; Early days ; The missionaries ; Spain loses its grip ; Mexico's tenure

The Anglos follow. Mountain men ; Between the wars ; New opportunities ; The railroads arrive ; The Apaches get special attention ; Romancing the West ; Copper ; Settlement ; Watering the desert ; Ethnologists and archaeologists ; War and change ; Megalopolis

The Indians adapt. The Yumans ; The Mojave ; The Maricopa ; The O'odham ; The Apaches ; The barely noticed ; Meanwhile, out in California ; The casinos

Mata Ortiz. Rediscovering Paquimé ; Juan and Spencer ; Contact and explosion

Found cities, modern treasures.