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Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park

Chapter 1: ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
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The report presents a detailed archaeological account of a large cliff-dwelling in Mesa Verde canyon, describing its geological setting, recent discovery and excavation, architectural layout including plazas, rooms, balconies, stairways, and multiple kivas, and construction techniques such as masonry and roofing. It catalogs artifacts recovered—pottery forms and decoration, stone tools and axes, basketry, wooden objects, textiles, bone implements, seeds, and ritual items—offers typological and regional comparisons, documents pictographs and mortuary contexts, and discusses site formation, refuse deposits, conservation measures, and interpretive conclusions about past occupation and material culture.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

BULLETIN 41

ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE
NATIONAL PARK

SPRUCE-TREE HOUSE

BY

JESSE WALTER FEWKES


WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1909