Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace

About this eBook

Author

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930

Credits

Produced by Jana Srna, Carlo Traverso, fh, The Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biodiversity Heritage Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Colorado -- Antiquities

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42266

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42266

Release Date

March 5, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK CLIFF PALACE
2. 2.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.CLIFF PALACE A TYPE OF PREHISTORIC CULTURE
7. 7.RECENT HISTORY
8. 8.SITE OF CLIFF PALACE
9. 9.PREHISTORIC TRAILS TO CLIFF PALACE
10. 10.GENERAL FEATURES — Destruction by the Elements — Vandalism — Repair of Walls — Major Antiquities
11. 11.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
12. 12.ENUMERATION OF THE ROOMS IN CLIFF PALACE — Secular Rooms — Kivas — KIVAS OF THE FIRST TYPE — A SUBTYPE OF KIVA (KIVA M) — KIVAS OF THE SECOND TYPE
13. 13.MINOR ANTIQUITIES — Stone Implements — POUNDING STONES — GRINDING STONES — MISCELLANEOUS STONES — Pottery — RELATIONS AS DETERMINED BY POTTERY — SYMBOLS ON POTTERY — POTTERY RESTS — Basketry — Sandals — Wooden Objects — Drills — Bone Implements — Turquoise Ear Pendants and other Objects — Seeds — Textiles
14. 14.HUMAN BURIALS
15. 15.CONCLUSIONS
16. 16.FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.Transcriber's Notes:

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