214 ANTIQUITIES OF THE VERDE AND WALNUT OREEK [narn. any. 28 
and parallel lines. Fragments of coiled ware, which is very rare in 
the Walnut Creek region, have been unearthed in these ruins. There 
are also many fragments of coarse, undecorated ware. 
Many artificial mounds are found in the cedars on terraces on the 
right bank of the creek. One of these is situated on the bank of the 
creek opposite Mr. Marx’s house. 
Not far from the terrace on which these mounds are situated the 
course of a prehistoric irrigation ditch can be traced about 100 feet, 
and several distinct pictographs (pl. 101) may be seen. 
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Rurmn NEAR SHEEP CorRAL, BELOW Marx’s RANCH 
About a mile and a half from the Marx ranch stands a ruin about 
50 feet above the creek, on a tongue of land projecting eastward, 
overlooking a deep canyon on the south and a more gradual decline 
toward Walnut Creek on the north. The remains indicate the 
former presence of a block of rooms, or row of houses, 52 feet long 
by 17 feet wide. Four rooms with low walls, none of which was 
more than a single story in height, can be plainly traced. 
The numerous fragments of pottery strewn over the ground outside 
the walls afford evidence of the occupancy of this structure for a 
considerable period; it served as both a post of defense and a perma- 
nent residence. 
1The pictographs of western and southern Arizona are characteristic, differing from those made by 
Pueblos. In places are piles of rocks, each bearing one pictograph. 
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