NO. II 



PUEBLO RUINS IN ARIZONA — HAURY AND HARGRAVE 



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Horn implement. — This specimen (fig. 4, g) consists of a prong of 

 a deer antler 6 inches in length. It is unaltered except for slight wear 

 at the blunt point and several hackings at the base apparently made 

 with a flint tool in the process of its removal from the major antler. 



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Fig. 4. — ^Bone tools from Showlow ruin. (^ actual size.) 



POTTERY 



The Silver Creek drainage (see map, fig. i ) is a region which in past 

 ages was on the periphery of several important southwestern sub- 

 culture areas. To the north lies the center of Hopi development with 

 its very distinctive yellow decorated pottery ; to the east, the old Zuni 

 pueblos with their variable types of glaze-painted vessels ; to the 

 southeast, the Upper Gila ; and to the south, the Middle Gila culture 

 areas, each with characteristic pottery. Ceramic types from all of these 

 areas are represented in Showlow ruin. Thus, a treatment of the 

 pottery of a region, especially with reference to its sequential occur- 

 rence, where a considerable mixing of local and foreign types has 

 taken place, is a problem of some complexity and one that can be 

 solved only by prolonged and careful research. 



Although the limited nature of our excavations does not warrant 

 the drawing of fine distinctions between the several recognized culture 



