TWO SUMMERS' WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS 



Bv Jesse Walter Fewkes 



SUMMER OF 1896 

 GENERAL OUTLINE 



The following report embodies the results of archeological field work 

 for the Bureau of American Ethnology in the summer of 1896." 



The author was foi'tuimte in having as his assistant Dr Walter 

 Hough, of the National Museum, who, at his suggestion, took up in 

 addition a study of Ilopi ethnobotany, the results of which study have 

 already been pulilished.* 



A week after his departure from Washington on May 30 the author 

 began excavations at a ruin called Ilomolobi, near Winslow, Arizona, 

 where he worked continuousl3' until the close of June. During July 

 and a part of August he excavated ruins at the mouth of Chevlon fork, 

 on the Little Colorado river, and at Chaves pass.'' 



The short distance of Homolobi and the Chevlon ruin fnnn Winsk)w 

 allowed him to make daily ti-ips from that town to the ruins, where 

 the workmen were encamped. At the close of each day's work the 

 objects found on that daj- were carried to the hotel, where they 

 were catalogued and packed for shipment. Even witli this ijrecau- 

 tion some of the specimens were appropriated by visitors attracted by 

 the beauty of certain of the pottery objects. While archeological work 

 in the vicinity (jf a town has advantages so far as tlie practical work 

 of boxing and shipping are concerned, it has many disadvantages, one 

 of the least of which is that just mentioned. 



The considerable distance of the Chaves pass ruins from a town 

 necessitated a camp at the diggings, which was far from a hardship, 

 considering the beautiful forests and the fine water near the ruins. 

 A camp was made at Old Shumopovi during a short stay at this ruin. 



<• A preliminary report on the field work of this year may be found in the Annual Report of 

 the Smithsonian Institution for 1896. 



^American Anthropologist, May, 189". 



I'This report was written and transmitted for publication in 1898. .Since that time there has 

 been considerable archeological activity in Arizona, and several collections have been made in 

 the region, even in the ruins here considered. Certain specimens in these collections add impor- 

 tant data to the discu.s»ion of the culture and migrations of the people wlio once inhabited this 

 part of the Territory. 



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