Anasazi, Adobe

Taos, Santa Fe, Mesa Verde

October 2001

by Shayok Mukhopadhyay

Anasazi: pre-historic native North American people occupying parts of present day Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado. Adobe: building material consisting of mud and straw popular in various parts of the world with dry climate. In New Mexico, adobe structures present a visual artist with almost infinitely permutable planes.

In fall of 2001, my parents came from India to visit us for a month. I wanted to give them a tour of the south-west in a week – combining tried-and-tested attractions (anything in the vicinity of Moab, Utah) with new places so that there would be something in it for Revathi and me too.

The following album is the result: flying into Denver, Colorado, driving (almost) straight down to Taos, then Santa Fe, then up and west to Chaco Canyon, and Mesa Verde; then to Moab for Shayok's Best of the West in Twenty-Four Hours: sundown at Arches, sunup at Dead Horse Point, rest of the day in the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands; followed by a six hour death march to catch the night flight from Denver.

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Comment on Anasazi, Adobe

I what poeple to see this it look so so nice and one day i will like to go there to real see it someday

shell Thu, 1 May 2008 12:09:54 -0400

Great pictures. Supurb color as well as B&W. Brings back memories of my travels there over the past few years.

Becky in Texas Fri, 2 Mar 2007 23:45:30 -0500

go to türkiye(turkey)

ali şahin Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:25:38 -0500

Great pics of Mesa Verde. They're actually all brilliant, but I've been to the Mesa and your pictures brought back great memories.

N Cole Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:06:28 -0400

nice to know that you visited santa-fe and arizona. an interesting thing about native-ameriacans please see www.geocities.com/trueworldhistory/native_americans.html

ashok tiwari Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:42:39 -0400

Hi, I am coming to Santa fe to film for a travel show. I am interested to know what cafe was photographed. It looks great from the outside. Thanks for your help, Raina

raina weir Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:03:47 -0400

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