TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 1 



Itinerary 2 



Tularosa Cave 2 



Natural history 4 



Mammals 4 



Birds 5 



Other animals 7 



Com 7 



Cotton 9 



Gourds and squashes 9 



Beans 10 



Fruits 10 



Roots 10 



Nuts 11 



Parts of wild plants 11 



Stone, bone, shell, and metal 11 



Materials and general remarks 11 



Domestic utensils of stone 13 



Mortars and pestles 15 



Stone vessels 16 



Smoothing stones 17 



Pottery-working stones 18 



Arrowheads, throwsticks, and darts 19 



Axes, hammers, and mauls 20 



Clubheads, balls 21 



Knife 21 



Scrapers 22 



Saws 22 



Drills 23 



Beads and ornaments 24 



Process of bead making 26 



Crystals and reflectors 30 



Ceremonial mortars and tablets 30 



Plaques 31 



Sculptures 32 



Pictographs 33 



Paint stones 33 



Salt 33 



Bone 33 



Shell 37 



Metal work 37 



Pottery 38 



Coiled ware of the Blue River region 38 



Brown ware of the Blue River region 40 



Gray ware of the Blue River region 41 



Gray ware of Spur Ranch 42 



Gray ware of the Tularosa Valley 42 



Gray ware of Apache Creek 43 



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