This library highlights publications authored by CPAA board members whose research and writing contribute to the understanding and preservation of archaeological and cultural landscapes.
The links below direct you to external retailers where these books are available for purchase and further study.
The Crimson Cowboys
The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition
By Jerry D. Spangler and James M. Aton
John Wesley Powell
His Life and Legacy
By James M. Aton
The River Knows Everything
Desolation Canyon and the Green
By James M. Aton
Red Rock and Rawhide
Ranching in the Grand Staircase, Escalante Canyons, and Arizona Strip Country
By Jerry D. Spangler and Mark E. DeGiovanni Miller
Nine Mile Canyon
The Archaeological History of an American Treasure
By Jerry D. Spangler
Last Chance Byway
The History of Nine Mile Canyon
By Jerry D. Spangler and Donna Kemp Spangler
The Art and Life of Jimmie Jones:
Landscape Artist of the Canyon Country
By James M. Aton
River Flowing From The Sunrise:
An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan
By James M. Aton and Robert S. McPherson
Deep Roots
a 10,000-year Indigenous History of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
By Jerry D. Spangler and Matthew K. Zweifel
Far Western Basketmaker Beginnings
The Jackson Flat Reservoir Project
Edited by Heidi Roberts, Richard V. N. Ahlstrom, and Jerry D. Spangler
The Archaeological Adventures of I.V. Jones
By Heidi Roberts
Articles in Archaeology
Utah museum acknowledges it’s ‘not appropriate’ to hold Native ancestors. Here’s what it’s doing about it.
The Salt Lake Tribune
Provo excavation finds artifacts tied to 1,000-year-old Fremont village
The Salt Lake Tribune
Cultural sites are being revealed by a dwindling Lake Powell