NO. I 



ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIOXS — FEWKES 



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Long Mesa Ruin 



On the flat top of a long and narrow mesa (pi. g, a, b) rising about 

 200 feet from the middle of Hill Creek Canyon a few miles above 

 Taylor's ranch, there is a cluster of three circular ruins, whose 

 walls are composed of well constructed masonry, now much dilapi- 

 dated. The surface of this plateau, near the end looking down the 



Fig. 13. — Ground plan of towers on Long Mesa. 



canyon, is partitioned off from the remainder by a low transverse 

 wall, extending from one side to the other. This wall was built 

 advantageously for defense and apparently designed to prevent 

 passage of foes from the upper end of the plateau into- the area where 

 the circular rooms are situated. About midway in its length it has 

 a passageway, the jambs of which are still visible. Three circular 

 ruins (fig. 13) make up the cluster on the lower end of the mesa, 

 each averaging about 15 feet in diameter, all constructed of low walls 



