The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky

The Anthropology of Turquoise

Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky

2002 • 336 pages

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I picked this up thinking it would be a micro-history of turquoise, and found that it was worlds more than that. A blend of nature lit and memoir and meditation, all distilled through a fierce love of one particular place on this big beautiful earth. I think it should only be read outdoors, or at least with a view toward outdoors, in a place that you love.

March 28, 2017