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notes and maps. Dr. Fewkes has in preparation an extensive memoir 

 on the antiquities of the oil fields of Mexico, which will supplement 

 and in some respects enlarge our knowledge of the archeology of 

 that region. 



ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN ARIZONA 



The exploration in Arizona under the auspices of the bureau, by 

 Dr. Walter Hough, curator of the Division of Ethnology, U. S. 

 National ^Uiseum, was productive of interesting observations on 



Fig. 102. — Cliff House, Oak Creek (White Mt., Apache Reserve). 



prehistoric ruins, many of which are undescribed. Owing to the 

 scarcity of labor on account of the draft the exploration was 

 confined to a reconnoissance of the ruins in the vast region lying 

 west of Fort Apache and including the Tonto Basin Forest. The 

 work covered a portion of this area and required 500 miles of travel 

 by various means of locomotion. Much of the country traversed 

 is very difficult, being broken by deep canyons eroded in the slopes 

 of the great Mogollon escarpment, known locally as the " rim " 

 or " mountain," a tremendous geographic feature of dominant im- 

 portance, in which the rivers of southern Arizona take their rise. 



