THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIX 



By Oosmos Mindeleff 



INTRODUCTION 



In March, 1889, an appropriatiou of 82,000 was made by Oongress 

 for the repair of Casa Grande ruin in soutliern Arizona. This amount 

 was insufficient for complete restoration, but under the authority of the 

 act of Congress making the ajjpropiiation some work was done. Partly 

 as an aid to further possible work, and partly that there may be an 

 available record of what has been done for the benefit of future stu- 

 dents of American archeology, this report is presented. 



A full description of Oasa (Irande has been given by the writer in a 

 published memoir' on that ruin, hence only a brief account will now 

 be necessary to aid in making the present report intelligible. Follow- 

 ing this description is a statement of the condition of the ruin in 1891 

 and of the plans formed for its repair, the latter being necessarily con- 

 trolled by the amount appropriated. After this there is an account of 

 the work done, from the passage of the bill until the delivery of the 

 work to the agent of the United States who received it, and of the reser- 

 vation of an area of land about the ruin by order of the I'resident. 

 This is followed by a catalogue of the articles found during the exca- 

 vations in and about the ruin, which were subsequently deposited in 

 the National Museum; a transcript of the contract under which the 

 work wa'S done, including specifications, plans, and sections, and the 

 report of Mr H. C. Kizer. who inspected and received the work. Finally, 

 there are appended the correspondence and report relating to tlie con- 

 dition of Oasa (irande in 1895, with recommendations concerning its 

 further protection. 



Casa Grande has occupied a very important place in the literature of 

 American archeology, a j)lace which it doubtless will continue to occupy; 

 and as dates are frequently of importance an effort has been made to 

 make the i)resent report as full as possible in that respect. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE RUINS 



Casa Grande a]>pears to be the sole surviving remnant of an extensive 

 and important class of remains in the southwest. These remains occur 

 usually in large groups or clusters, and Casa Grande is no exception. 



' Thirteeuth Annual Report of the Earean of Ethuolojiy, p. 289 et seq. 

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