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This pottery is chiefly of fine texture, although some of the cooking 
vessels are of coarse ware. With the exception of the painted vessel 
above noted, the only ornamentation applied by the makers of the 
pottery consists of incised and impressed designs, the latter conferred 
usually with a paddle of clay or wood, or worked out in the moist 
ware, before firing, by means of a pointed tool, a spatula, a piece 
of cane, or a shell. 
PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND 
COLORADO 
One of the most interesting historical monuments protected by the 
Government is the ruin of the old mission church of San José de 
Fic. 100.—Ruin of San José de Tumacacori, Arizona. 
Photograph by Fewkes. 
Tumacacori, situated on the Santa Cruz River, south of Tucson, 
Arizona. There were formerly several of these churches along the 
banks of this river, one of which, the nearest to Tucson, is called 
San Xavier del Bac. This building is still in use, having been 
repaired and enlarged to accommodate the inhabitants of the neigh- 
boring village of Papago Indians. A few miles south of San Xavier 
are remains of the old settlement Tubac, and the walls of the fort 
and former Indian town. Still farther south, about 20 miles from 
Tucson, stand Tumacacori (fig. 100) and the mounds of the adjacent 
prehistoric settlements. Although the old church is protected from 
vandalism, the foundations of the walls, undermined and exposed to 
