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HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS. 



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areas seen in the illustrations are composed of this disintegrated lime- 

 stone. The general appearance of the ruin at the present time must 

 not be accepted as its normal conditien. It is probable that the debris 

 has undergone a process of artificial selection, the fiat slabs and most 

 available stones for building probably having been removed by neigh- 

 boring settlers and employed in the construction of stone fences, which 



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Fig. 286. —Ground plau of ruiu 8 miles north of Fossil creek. 



are much used in this region. Even with a fair allowance for such 

 removal, however, there is no evidence that the rooms were higher than 

 one story. The quantity of potsherds scattered about the ruins is 

 noticeably small. 



About 8 miles north of the mouth of Fossil creek, ou the eastern 

 side of the Verde, there is a ruin which, though very small, is interest- 

 ing. At this point there is a long narrow mass of rock, the remains 



