High Desert Field Guides is a small publishing business located in Santa Fe. We want to make your travel more enjoyable and enlightened through the use of our printed field guides and maps.Our first field guide, "Dance Ceremonies", a CD sized booklet, provides useful information about the Native American dances and related ceremonies for the Eight Northern Rio Grande Pueblos. We have since published three maps: two based on the geology of famous sites in New Mexico and the third one for the Archaeology of the whole state. The subjects or our publications relate to history, culture and the natural sciences.
Our publications are carefully designed to appeal to the person who wants a concise and handy reference about the topic/places. They are intended to "take-along" or browse while traveling in a car or van, and also to refer to when hiking or walking in areas each guide covers.
Enjoy our beautiful state!
Roads to the Past: Highway Map and Guide to New Mexico Archaeology
"This map provides much more than the spectacular places to see. One can experience human history of populations here over many centuries."
"Roads to the Past" is the first map of New Mexico to identify its most important archaeological sites. The highway map, printed in color relief, shows 23 sites of past archaeological exploration for all to experience human history through visitation and observation.
Th reverse side of the map explains archaeology in detail, tracing populations of the state from the last Ice Age through Pre-History to flourishing cultures of 1000 years ago. More recently, it provides helpful information on movements of peoples due to climate changes from the time of the European explores to present-day Native American cultures of the 21st century.
NOTE: For on-line purchases the "Buy Now" button takes you to the Public Lands Information Center Store in Albuquerque