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ABORIGINAL REMAINS IN VERDE VALLEY. 



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The masonry of this village is almost entirely of flat bowlders, obtained 

 probably from the bed of the creek immediately below. The terrace on 

 which the village was built, and in fact all the hills about it are com- 

 posed of gravel and bowlders, but it would be easier to carry the bowl- 

 ders up from the stream bed than to quarry them fi-om the hillside, 

 and in the former case there would be a better opportunity for selec- 

 tion. Plate XVI shows the character of the rock employed, and illus- 



FlG. 281. — Ground plau uf ruin near the muutli of Fossil creek. 



trates the extent to which selection of rock has been carried. Although 

 the walls are built entii-ely of river bowlders the masonry presents 

 almost as good a face as some of the ruins previously described as 

 built of slabs of limestone, and this is due to careful selection of the 

 stone employed. 



About half a mile above the mouth of Fossil creek, and on the east- 

 ern side of the river, a deep ravine comes in from the north and east, 



