Cliff Dwellings of the Mesa Verde
by Don Watson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Watson, Don
- Title
- Cliff Dwellings of the Mesa Verde: A Study in Pictures
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F721: United States local history: Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park
- Subject
- Cliff-dwellers -- Colorado
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57422
- Release Date
- June 30, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CLIFF DWELLINGS OF THE MESA VERDE
- 2.DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 3.THE DISCOVERY OF CLIFF PALACE
- 4.CLIFF PALACE—THE FIRST WHITE MEN ENTER THE RUIN
- 5.THE DISCOVERY OF SPRUCE TREE HOUSE
- 6.THE NORDENSKIOLD EXPEDITION
- 7.THE DISCOVERY OF SQUARE TOWER HOUSE
- 8.THE FIRST EXCAVATION
- 9.THE PERIOD OF EXPLOITATION
- 10.EXCAVATION AND REPAIR
- 11.ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS
- 12.ARCHITECTURE—THE LIVING ROOMS
- 13.ARCHITECTURE—THE CEREMONIAL ROOMS
- 14.ARCHITECTURE—THE LIVING SPACE
- 15.WHY DID THE INDIANS BUILD IN THE CAVES?
- 16.DEFENSIVE LOCATIONS
- 17.THE DEFENSIVE QUALITIES OF THE CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 18.CLIFF DWELLINGS DO NOT COME IN SIZES!
- 19.THE VERY LARGE CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 20.LARGE CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 21.MEDIUM-SIZED CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 22.THE SMALL RUINS
- 23.THE VERY SMALL CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 24.WHAT WERE THEY FOR?
- 25.FUTURE EXCAVATION OF CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 26.EARLIER OCCUPANTS OF THE CAVES
- 27.SPECIAL CEREMONIAL BUILDINGS
- 28.SUN TEMPLE
- 29.FIRE TEMPLE
- 30.CLIFF PALACE, THE GREATEST OF THE CLIFF DWELLINGS
- 31.THE PEOPLE OF CLIFF PALACE
- 32.A CLIFF DWELLING AND ITS PEOPLE
- 33.THE END OF THE STORY
- 34.REFERENCES CITED
- 35.Transcriber’s Notes
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