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Murals, under the supervision of Mr. George Peter, the Chief Artist, 

 who also painted the background. The modeling of the hgures was 

 done by Mr. Charles R. Porteus, assisted by Mr. John A. Jeske, and 

 the costumes were made by Mrs. Porteus. 



The Museum's Department of Taxidermy co-operated in this work, 

 by collecting and mounting the buiialo in the foreground, all of which 

 was done personally by Mr. George Shrosbree, Chief Taxidermist. 



A TRIP TO CAVE HILL, ARIZONA 



By S. a. Barkett-'=^ 



Jttst northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona, lies a most interesting volcanic 

 region, the most prominent feature of which is Sunset Momitain, shown 

 in figure 53, a volcanic cone of considerable size which rises abruptly 

 out of the plain at a point about sixteen miles northeast of Flagstaff. 



Dotted all over the plain around Sunset Mountain are numerous 

 small cinder cones and extinct craters. Some still retain their perfect 

 conical and crater forms, while others show explosive eruptions which 

 have blown away part of the original cone. 



One of these is known as Cave Hill and was called to our attention 

 by Mr. A. J. Ivens of Milwaukee, who visited it earlier in the summer, 

 and through whose kindness a visit to this section was arranged while 

 we were enroute to the Grand Canyon for geological group work. 



Cave Hill is about eight miles east of Flagstaff. An explosion blew 

 away the northern half of this five-hundred- foot cone, but the southern 

 slope is still intact and its surface is now a loose mass of volcanic ash 

 and finely broken lava, bearing a very sparse vegetation of coarse grass 

 and low bushes. At the foot of the cone are a few pines of fair size. 



Upon ascending this southern slope we encounter many potsherds 

 of several different types : black and white ware, red and white ware, 

 yellow ware, black ware, and a ware decorated with imitation coil and 

 thumb nail designs. These sherds increase in numbers as we advance 

 up the slope and we are more and more convinced that we are in the 

 presence of an archeological site which must have held a considerable 

 population at some time. Was it a permanent habitation or was it a 

 temporary habitation sporadically occupied by parties over a long 

 period of time? 



Upon nearing the summit of the hill, we come upon many fragments 



2>*Director, Milwaukee Public Museum. 



