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ARCHEOLOGICAL TNVES'J'IGATIONS AT PUEBLO BONITO, 

 NEW MEXICO 



During the months of ]\Iay to Septemher, inclusive, Neil !M. Judd. 

 curator of American archeology. U. S. National ^Museum, continued 

 his investigation of prehistoric Pueblo Bonito, in behalf of the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society/ As in 1921, ]\Ir. Judd's staff consisted 

 of seven trained assistants v^ith about 20 Navaho and Zuni Indians 

 employed for the actual work of excavation. 



Fig. 127. — Mr. R. P. Anderson, a former captain of engineers, A. l'^. P., 

 at work on a topographic map of Chaco Canyon. This view, taken from 

 above Pneblo Bonito, affords an excellent idea of the surronndings of the 

 great rnin and the height of tlie canyon wall. Note tlie horses and one of 

 the expedition's test pits in the right forcgronnd. ( Photograpli by Neil M. 

 Judd. Courtesy of the National Geographic Societx. ) 



In these recent cxi:)l()rations, attention was directed es])ecially lo 

 the eastern ])an of llu- great ruin, a section which includes not only 

 the finest masonry in the whole pueblo l)Ut which cxhi])its other evi- 

 dence of relatively late construction. I'his entire section, although 

 apparently erected last, was probably abandoned before the remainder 

 of Pueblo r.onito. IVcausc of this general abandonment, ctilttu-al evi- 



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