Environment of Mesa Verde, Colorado
Erdman JA, Douglas CL, Marr JW. 1969. Environment of Mesa Verde, Colorado. Government Printing Office. Washington, DC
Includes geology/soils, vegetation, climate, discussion of site interrelations, the environment and prehistoric occupation. This is the second monograph of the Wetherill Mesa Project. The report not only provides substantive data on environmental variations at Mesa Verde and their bearing on the prehistoric settlement pattern and land use of the area, but also demonstrates the critical importance of such research to a fuller understanding of human ecology of the past elsewhere.