In 1874, as pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson clambered down the boulder-strewn canyon, he knew he was descending into the past. Defiantly, the stone walls had withstood the onslaught of time...of untold summer snows and winter storms. He called this place Hovenweep: 'deserted valley' in Paiute. But at one time, these canyons were alive with the sounds of village life. Most intriguing were the tower: sentinels of a culture that, in the distant past, had spread across the four corners region. Who were these people? and, how long had it been since these canyons had slipped into the silence of the centuries? Hovenweep villages were built on a human scale. Like water, the stones gracefully flow from the bedrock that supports them. With computer animation and award winning photography, the ancient villages come to life once more.