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pueblos. They are villages typical of the plains of southern Arizona 

 built in caves of a mountain environment. Their masonry is com- 

 paratively poor, with a tendency to the horizontal, but has com- 

 ponent stones arranged in irregular courses, the mason relying more 

 on natural cleavage than artificial pecking or dressing. Plastering 

 still remains on the outer surfaces in several cases. In one of these 

 the roof is in place and well preserved, as shown in figure 88. A 

 remarkable pictograph from this region is shown in figure 89. 



P'lG. 89. — hidian inscriptions, Cherry Creci<, Sierra Anclia, Apache 1 rail 

 Arizona. Photograph by Mark Daniels. 



Among many instructive sites of ruins in the Hovenweep district 

 is the blufi:' where the Yellow Jacket Canyon enters the McElmo. 

 On top of this high promontory there are enclosures built of mega- 

 liths set on edge, apparently of the same cyclopean type of construc- 

 tion that characterizes larger buildings described by Jackson on 

 JMontezuma Mesa, Utah. We are evidently here on the dividing line, 

 geographically, between the region of stone slab houses and the 

 horizontal masonr\- of the Pueblo culture, such as is found on the 

 IMcElmo. They are believed to represent an archaic masonry older 

 than the kiva type of Mesa \'erde. 



