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gist/ which was later quoted in a more comprehensive work on 

 "Two Summers' Work in Pueblo Ruins." ^ Still later (1904), in 

 " Records of the Past," ^ a plea was made for their preservation 

 as a National Monument. These studies were especially limited to 

 architectural features, and little was said in them about minor an- 

 tiquities. Through a fortunate circumstance the author is now able 

 to add a few facts to our knowledge of the artifacts of this region. 

 During the past year, in constructing a road near Flagstaff, Ari- 

 zona, it was necessary to remove an artificial mound, the contents 

 of which revealed a prehistoric cemetery. A number of mortuary 



+ Old excavahons (burials) 

 vV;' Refuse neaps 



Fig. I. — Diagram of excavations in cemetery at Young's Canyon. 



objects, mainly pottery, were exposed by the workmen, and although 

 in the beginning some of these objects were lost, it so happened that 

 Mr. J. C. Clarke, of Flagstaff, heard of the discovery in time to 

 rescue many specimens. These he transmitted to the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, and they were later transferred to the U. S. 

 National Museum. Although the collection is small, it was a very 

 welcome accession, not only because there were in the Museum but 

 few specimens from this locality, but also because some of the ob- 



^ Amer. Anthrop.. Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 422-450, 1900. 

 ' 22d Ann. Rept., Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 3, 1903. 



^ A cluster of Arizona ruins which should be preserved. Records of the Past, 

 \o\. Ill, pt. I, pp. 3-19, 1904. 



