RUINS OF PREHISTORIC NEW MEXICO 



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around this supposed god were laid numerous objects of the various types 

 mentioned above. * 



The inhabitants of these villages or large groups of apartment houses, 

 as they might be called, were agriculturists rather than hunters. Bones of 



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A shrine found in one of the rooms at Pueblo Largo. On a low earthen platform and 

 leaning against the wall stands a stone image surrounded by various objects of bone, stone, 

 and pottery. Photographed very nearly as found 



the deer, the buffalo, and other animals were occasionally found in the pre- 

 historic ruins; but it seems very clear that the meat diet was relatively 

 light until the Spanish conquerors brought the domesticated animals of 

 Europe. Remains of charred maize were found however, in every one of 



