Photograph by Herbert J . Spinden 



A STRONGHOLD OF THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS 



Looking up the canon of the Rito de los Frijoles, New Mexico, from a ceremonial cave in the cliff. The 

 streams flowing into the Rio Grande from the west have cut deep gorges through the yellow tufa. The cliffs 

 on the north side of the stream are very steep, and in them are found artificial caves made by ancient peoples 



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