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by a stone wall. Especially important is the group of the N. H. ranch 

 on Apache creek, which consists of 10 ruins and one large kiva. On 

 Apache mountain and on the Queens head are shrines consisting of 

 stone circles inclosing quantities of broken pottery. At the south 



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Fig. 42. Sketch map of Tularosa river, showing location of ruins, western Socorro 



county, N. Mex. 



end of Tularosa valley there is a remarkable gallery of pictographs 

 on the smooth Avail of the canyon, and on the heights above are 

 several circular shrines also containing masses of potsherds. The 



