Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
BULLETIN 41
SPRUCE-TREE HOUSE
JESSE WALTER FEWKES
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1909
Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C., January 4, 1909 .
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith for publication, with your approval, as Bulletin 41 of this Bureau, the report of Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes on the work of excavation and repair of Spruce-tree cliff-ruin in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. This was undertaken, pursuant to your instructions, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and a résumé of the general results accomplished is published in the latter’s annual report for 1907-8. The present paper is more detailed, and deals with the technical archeological results.