ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA REGION. 



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appreciation of form and character even more marked than that dis- 

 played by the Eskimo. 



Cj'linders, cones, disks, and objects of various forms in hematite, 

 chalcedony, serpentine, and jasper, finely polished, have been found 

 in the region, especially in the Tularosa Valley. (Figs. 39-42.) 

 The disk of chalcedony (see fig. 48), chipped to shape and polished 

 on one face is a remarkable object. It was found in a ceremonial 

 room at the Spur Kanch, and it is supposed to be a mirror, used 

 probably as are the facets of the rock crystal of the ancient Hopi for 

 reflecting sunlight into the charm-liquid or " medicine." 



One of the most remarkable and gratifying finds of the expedition 

 of 1903 was unearthed in a crumbled ruin about one-half mile east 

 of the house of Montague Stevens, owner of the Spur Ranch, near 

 Luna, Xew IVIexico. It was taken from beneath the floor near the 

 corner of a room. The jar (fig. 430) of brown pottery, so rudely 



40. 41. 42. 



Figs. 39, 40. — Hematite cylinders, perforated, from Tularosa Rivbr. 

 Fig. 41. — Perforated cylinders from Tularosa River. 

 Fig. 42. — Conoid fetish from Tularosa River. 



fashioned that one would surmise that contrary to all precedents 

 it had been formed by a man, was closed with a mass of clay, and 

 on breaking the luting and turning out the contents into the hand 

 one could hardly repress an exclamation of surprise at the character 

 of the find. 



The specimens (fig. 43) are as follows: 



(a) 231838. Jar of brown ix)tteiy, 2 iuclies diameter; 4i inches Mgh. 



(6) 231839. Bird amulet of yellow-green serpentine. 



(c) Small reniform bead of turquois. 



id) 231S42. Amulet accurately cut from shell. It appears to represent an 

 animal, but its meaning is conjectural. 



(e) 231851. Bird-head amulet carved from turquoise. Two small carvings of 

 this character were found at Bear Creek Cave, Blue Kiver, Ari- 

 zona, and there have been recovered from the great ancient town 

 on the lower Tularosa (Delgar Ranch) a number of remarkable 

 amuletic objects carved from rare and beautiful stone. In 



