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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930. Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park, Cliff Palace. Washington : G.P.O., 1911 (OCoLC)551304521 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, National government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jesse Walter Fewkes; Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. |
| OCLC Number: | 931997 |
| Notes: | Also issued as House document 991, 61st Congress, 2nd session. |
| Description: | 82 p., 35 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plan ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Cliff Palace a type of prehistoric culture -- Recent history -- Site of Cliff Palace -- Prehistoric trails to Cliff Palace -- General features. Destruction by the elements ; Vandalism ; Repair of walls ; Major antiquities -- General plan of Cliff Palace. Terraces and retaining walls ; Tower quarter ; Plaza quarter ; Old quarter ; Northern quarter ; Masonry ; Adobe bricks ; Plastering ; Paintings and rock markings ; Refuse heaps ; Secular rooms ; Doors and windows ; Floors and roofs ; Fireplaces ; Living rooms ; Milling rooms ; Granaries ; Crematories ; Ledge rooms -- Enumeration of the rooms in Cliff Palace. Secular rooms ; Kivas -- Minor antiquities. Stone implements: Pounding stones, Grinding stones, Miscellaneous stones ; Pottery: Relations as determined by pottery, Symbols and pottery, Pottery rests ; Basketry ; Sandals ; Wooden objects ; Drills ; Bone implements ; Turquoise ear pendants and other objects ; Seeds ; Textiles -- Human burials -- Conclusions. |
| Series Title: | Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology), 51.; House document (United States. Congress. House), 61st Congress, no. 991. |
| Responsibility: | by Jesse Walter Fewkes. |
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