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Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace

Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace

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ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE
NATIONAL PARK

CLIFF PALACE

BY

JESSE WALTER FEWKES

front illustration

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1911


LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

Smithsonian Institution,
Bureau of American Ethnology,
Washington, D. C., May 14, 1910.

Sir: I have the honor to submit the accompanying manuscript, entitled "Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace," by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, with the recommendation that it be published, subject to your approval, as Bulletin 51 of this Bureau.

Yours, very respectfully,

F. W. Hodge,
Ethnologist in Charge.

Dr. Charles D. Walcott,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C.


CONTENTS

  Page
Introduction 9
Cliff Palace a type of prehistoric culture 11
Recent history 13
Site of Cliff Palace 20
Prehistoric trails to Cliff Palace 23
General features 23
Destruction by the elements 23
Vandalism 24
Repair of walls 25
Major antiquities 25
General plan of Cliff Palace 26
Terraces and retaining walls 27
Tower quarter 27
Plaza quarter 28
Old quarter 28
Northern quarter 28
Masonry 29
Adobe bricks 30
Plastering 31
Paintings and rock markings 32
Refuse heaps 33
Secular rooms 33
Doors and windows 34
Floors and roofs 35
Fireplaces 36
Living rooms 36
Milling rooms 37
Granaries 38
Crematories

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