Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 51
JESSE WALTER FEWKES
WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1911
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.
Jesse Walter Fewkes
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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
Pottery
Basketry
Sandals
Wooden Objects
Drills
Bone Implements
Turquoise Ear Pendants and other Objects
Seeds
Textiles
HUMAN BURIALS
CONCLUSIONS
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