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field for the investigator. A general idea of the character and extent 

 of these ruins ma}" be obtained from the report of Prof. E. D. Cope, 

 paleontologist, in which he gives an account of those in one district, 

 Gallinas creek, where he was encamped in 1874. I quote at length 

 fi'om his report : " 



"My attention was first called to the archeology of the region by 

 observing that the conic hills just mentioned appeared to be in many 

 instances crowned with stone structures, wdiich on examination proved 



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to be ruined buildings. These are round or square, with rounded 

 angles, and from 15 to 25 feet in diameter. The walls are 2 and 3 feet 

 in diameter, and composed of stones of moderate size, which have been 

 rouglily dressed or built without dressing into solid but not very 

 closelj^-fitting masonry. The walls remaining measure from 10 feet 

 high downward. ... A building more or less exactly agreeing 

 with this description was found on the summit of every hill of a conical 

 form in the vicinity. Their form is probably due to the shape of the 



a Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875, Appendix L L. 



