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BUINS OF FOSSIL CKEEK. 



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and on a low spur near its mouth there is a ruin very similar to the 

 one just described. It is also about the same size. The general 

 character of the site it occupies is shown in the sketch, lignre 282. The 

 masonry is of the same general character as that of the ruin near the 

 mouth of Fossil creek, and the debris, which stands out sharply from 

 the ground surface, is distinguished by the same cleanness. 



AboutSi miles north of Fossil creek, 

 on the eastern side of the Verde, 

 occurs a small ruin, somewhat dif- 

 ereut in the arrangement of rooms 

 from those described. Here there 

 is a bench or terrace, some 50 feet 

 above the river, cut through near 

 its northern end by a small canyon. 

 The ruin is located on the southern 

 side of this terrace, near the mouth 

 of the creek, and consists of about 

 ten rooms arranged in L shape. The 

 lines are very irregular, and there 

 are seldom more than three rooms 

 connected. The debris marking the 

 wall lines is clean, and the lines are 

 well defined, although no standing 

 wall remains. 



About a mile above the last-de- 

 scribed ruin, or 9i miles north of the 

 mouth of Fossil creek, a small group 

 of ruins occurs. The sketch, figure 

 283, shows the relation of the parts 

 of this group to one another. The 

 small cluster of rooms on the south ^"'- '^'-^''''*'=^""P^eek"'*'™'°''''"™^°'"^ 

 is very similar in character, location, and size to the ruin last described. 

 The northern portion is situated on the opposite side of a deep canyon 

 or ravine, on the crown of a hill composed of limestone, which outcrops 

 everywhere about it, and is considerably higher than the small cluster 

 on the south. The northern ruin is of considerable size and very com- 

 pactly built, the rooms being clustered about the summit of the hill. 

 The central room, occupying the crown of the hill, is 20 feet higher than 

 the outside rooms. lu a saddle between the main cluster and a similar 

 hill toward the southeast there are a number of other rooms, not 

 marked so prominently by debris as those of the main cluster. There 

 is no standing wall remaining, but the debris of the main and adjoining 

 clusters indicates that the masonry was very rough, the walls being 

 composed of slabs of limestone similar to those found in the large 

 ruin near the mouth of Limestone creek, and obtained probably not 

 20 feet away from their present position. 



