﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  59 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  instructive 
  experiences 
  of 
  the 
  archeologist 
  is 
  to 
  

   see 
  a 
  skeleton 
  centuries 
  old 
  as 
  it 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  grave. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  

   people 
  of 
  Pipe 
  Shrine 
  House 
  was 
  left 
  in 
  a 
  prepared 
  chamber 
  for 
  

   tourists 
  to 
  inspect. 
  

  

  The 
  cemetery 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  of 
  this 
  ruin, 
  and 
  in 
  it 
  

   were 
  found 
  several 
  human 
  burials 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  good 
  skeleton 
  

   was 
  chosen 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  burial 
  and 
  the 
  mortuary 
  

   offerings. 
  This 
  skeleton 
  was 
  not 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  grave 
  but 
  was 
  

   surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  stone 
  wall 
  forming 
  a 
  room, 
  rectangular 
  in 
  shape, 
  

   protected 
  by 
  a 
  grating 
  and 
  a 
  waterproof 
  roof. 
  Visitors 
  may 
  now 
  

   see 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  the 
  race 
  of 
  cliff 
  dwellers 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  placed 
  

   in 
  his 
  grave 
  more 
  than 
  500 
  years 
  ago; 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  bone 
  has 
  been 
  

   moved 
  from 
  position. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  North 
  American 
  

   archeology 
  that 
  an 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  protect 
  an 
  Indian 
  skeleton 
  

   in 
  situ, 
  and 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  method 
  is 
  self-evident, 
  judging 
  from 
  

   the 
  comments 
  of 
  visitors. 
  

  

  The 
  pipes 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  shrine 
  of 
  the 
  kiva 
  have 
  suggested 
  " 
  Pipe 
  

   Shrine 
  House 
  " 
  as 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  building. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  rites 
  and 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   boring 
  Far 
  View 
  House. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  ruin 
  excavated 
  at 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  was 
  formerly 
  the 
  habi- 
  

   tation 
  of 
  one 
  clan 
  or 
  of 
  one 
  social 
  unit 
  composed 
  of 
  relatives 
  on 
  the 
  

   mother's 
  side, 
  on 
  which 
  account 
  this 
  ruin 
  was 
  given 
  the 
  name 
  " 
  One 
  

   Clan 
  House." 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  one-eighth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  

   Pipe 
  Shrine 
  House 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  circular 
  subterranean 
  room 
  or 
  

   kiva 
  of 
  fine 
  masonry 
  surrounded 
  by 
  rooms 
  for 
  sleeping, 
  others 
  for 
  

   grinding 
  corn, 
  and 
  still 
  others 
  used 
  as 
  bins 
  for 
  corn 
  or 
  storage 
  

   rooms. 
  The 
  kiva 
  was 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  or 
  men's 
  room. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  instructive 
  ruins 
  excavated 
  in 
  1922 
  is 
  a 
  round 
  

   tower, 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  10 
  feet 
  high, 
  situated 
  about 
  300 
  feet 
  

   north 
  of 
  Far 
  View 
  House. 
  In 
  front 
  of 
  this 
  tower 
  were 
  found 
  three 
  

   subterranean 
  lavas 
  under 
  the 
  fallen 
  debris, 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  walls 
  of 
  a 
  square 
  building, 
  indicating 
  secondary 
  occupation, 
  

   and 
  erected 
  after 
  the 
  abandonment 
  of 
  the 
  kiva. 
  This 
  tower 
  and 
  

   accompanying 
  kivas 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  Far 
  View 
  Tower, 
  and 
  the 
  indica- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  observations, 
  particularly 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  on 
  

   the 
  horizon 
  at 
  sunrise 
  and 
  sunset, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  time 
  for 
  

   planting 
  and 
  other 
  dates 
  important 
  for 
  an 
  agricultural 
  people. 
  These 
  

   towers 
  were 
  probably 
  rooms 
  for 
  the 
  worship 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  other 
  sky 
  

   gods. 
  

  

  Some 
  distance 
  north 
  of 
  Far 
  View 
  Tower 
  there 
  were 
  discovered 
  

   in 
  the 
  cedars 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  stones 
  arranged 
  vertically 
  in 
  rows 
  

   projecting 
  3 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  Excavation 
  showed 
  

   that 
  these 
  megaliths 
  were 
  walls 
  of 
  buildings 
  of 
  anomalous 
  character, 
  

   indicating 
  a 
  new 
  type 
  of 
  architecture 
  on 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde. 
  This 
  

  

  