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This pottery is chietly of fine texture, although some of the cooking 

 vessels are of coarse ware. With the exception of the painted vessel 

 above noted, the only ornamentation applied by the* makers of the 

 pottery consists of incised and impressed designs, the latter conferred 

 usually with a paddle of clay or wood, or worked out in the moist 

 ware, before firing, by means of a pointed tool, a spatula, a piece 

 of cane, or a shell. 



PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND 



COLORADO 



One of the most interesting historical monuments protected by the 

 Government is the ruin of the old mission church of San Jose de 



Fig. 100. — Ruin of San Juse ilc Tuniacacori, Arizona. 

 Photograph by Fewkes. 



Tumacacori, situated on the Santa Cruz River, south of Tucson, 

 Arizona. There were formerly several of these churches along the 

 banks of this river, one of which, the nearest to Tucson, is called 

 San Xavier del Bac. This building is still in use, having been 

 repaired and enlarged to accommodate the inhabitants of the neigh- 

 boring village of Papago Indians. A few miles south of San Xavier 

 are remains of the old settlement Tubac, and the walls of the fort 

 and former Indian town. Still farther south, about 20 miles from 

 Tucson, stand Tumacacori (fig. 100) and the mounds of the adjacent 

 prehistoric settlements. Although the old church is protected from 

 vandalism, the foundations of the walls, undermined and exposed to 



