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It has been shown in former pubHcations that the pottery (fig. 8i) 

 of the Mimbres resembles that of Casas Grandes in the adjoining 

 State of Chihuahua, Mexico. There is no douljt that there was inter- 

 course between the two peoples, for whole pieces of the brilliant 



Fig. 83. — Food bowl with Gila Valley decoration found at Black Moun- 

 tain ruin near Deming, New Mexico. U. S. National Museum. 



Chihuahua pottery (fig. 82) were obtained in a ruin at Black Moun- 

 tain, about six miles from Deming. In the same ruin there was found 

 typical pottery from the Gila \'alley (fig. 82>^ , and the conclusion 

 seems legitimate that this ruin was inhabited by an intrusive people 

 contemporary with the ancient ^limbres settlements. 



