ILLUSTRATIONS

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Plate [1.]Cliff Palace, from the Speaker-chief's house to the southern end[9]
[2.]Cliff Palace, from the opposite side of the canyon[11]
[3.]The southern end, after and before repairing[12]
[4.]Central part before repairing[15]
[5.]The round tower, from the north. General view of the ruin, before repairing[16]
[6.]Central part, after repairing[19]
[7.]Southern end, after repairing[20]
[8.]Ground plan[22]
[9.]Main entrance. Southern end, showing repaired terraces[24]
[10.]Tower quarter, after repairing. Terraces at southern end, after repairing[27]
[11.]Tower quarter[29]
[12.]The square tower, before and after repairing[31]
[13.]Details of Cliff Palace[33]
[14.]Square tower, after repairing. Old quarter[34]
[15.]Speaker-chief's house, after repairing[36]
[16.]Northern part, from the Speaker-chief's house to the western end[39]
[17.]Details of kiva A[41]
[18.]Kiva H, before repairing[43]
[19.]Southeastern wall of kiva Q, before repairing[45]
[20.]Axe with original handle[47]
[21.]Stone hatchets[48]
[22.]Stone objects[50]
[23.]Various objects from Cliff Palace[52]
[24.]Food bowls[55]
[25.]Vases and food bowls[56]
[26.]Pottery[58]
[27.]Pitch balls and vase[60]
[28.]Rests for jars[63]
[29.]Basket hopper—side and bottom views[64]
[30.]Sandals[66]
[31.]Sandals[66]
[32.]Sandals[66]
[33.]Wooden objects[73]
[34.]Bone implements[74]
[35.]Bone implements[76]
Fig. [1.]View down Navaho canyon[21]
[2.]Coil of basket plaque[73]
[3.]Planting sticks[74]
[4.]Woven forehead band[76]

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGYBULLETIN 51 [PLATE 1]

PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. K. VREELAND
CLIFF PALACE, FROM THE SPEAKER-CHIEF'S HOUSE TO THE SOUTHERN END

ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
CLIFF PALACE

By Jesse Walter Fewkes

INTRODUCTION

In the summer of 1909 the writer was detailed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, to continue the excavation and repair of ruins in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. This work was placed under his sole charge and continued through the months May to August, inclusive. In that time the writer was able to repair completely this great ruin and to leave it in such condition that tourists and students visiting it may learn much more about cliff-dwellings than was possible before the work was undertaken.