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that phase of Pueblo culture which took advaiitage to the greatest 

 possible extent of the protection afforded by a cliff environment, 

 regardless of the hardships incident to such an existence. Many of 

 these dwellings are almost inaccessible. This will l)e one of the most 

 instructive and attractive of all our national pai-ks. Unfortunately, 

 the collections that have been nuule from these ruins are l)adly scat- 

 teivd and not well authenticated, 

 f). Ill Las Animas ^■all»'.v : 



* The Aztec niiii." I'li. L. 

 (i. \n Aztec Spriiiiis Valley: 



Aztec S] (rings ruin. 

 7. In La Plata Valley: 



La Plata ruin. 

 S. In the main valley of the San Juan: 



Holonutn's Ruin, I'ri. L. 

 •J. In the vicinity of P.luff, Utah: 



Ruins of McElnio ("anyon. 



Ruins of Ilovenweep Canyon. 



Ruins of Montezuma Canyon. 



Ruins of Yellowjacket Canyon. 



Ruins of Cottonwood Cany(»n. 



These are very numerous pueblo and cliff-dwelling ruins, mostly 

 unnamed sites in an indifferent state of preservation, but archeolog- 

 ically very important. Some interesting collections from these ruins 

 are in the American Musemn of Natural History in New York, 

 irr. — THK ijTxr.E coLOR.\no drainage. 



L On the Tusaynn iilateau. Ind. Res.: 

 (a) In Orailii wash — 



Kwaitulvi. 



Seven-Mile Ruin. 

 ih) Middle Mesa iirouiT— 



Old Mashon.i^navi. 



Old Shuiiioi)avi. 



Payupki. 



Chukubi. 



(c) East Mesa i,n-oup — 

 Sikyatki. 

 Kukuchomo. 

 Kisakobi. 

 Tukinobi. 



(d) In Jetty to Valley— 

 Awatobi. 

 Kokopnyama. 

 Kawaika. 

 Chakpahu. 



(c) In Cottonwood wash — 



P.idahu(;i jirouit. 

 (f) Miscellaneous — 



Tebus^kihu (Fire House), northeast of Keanis Caiiyon. 



a Properly eared for by the owner, Mr. Kountz. 



