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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 72 



ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN UTAH, ARIZONA, AND 



NEW MEXICO 



During May and early June, 1920, Neil M. Judd, curator of Ameri- 

 can archeology, United States National Museum, continued his arch- 

 eological reconnoissance of the arid region north of the Rio Colo- 

 rado, Arizona, in behalf of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 

 Attention was chiefly directed to the Toroweap Valley and several 

 caves in an extensive lava flow on the east slope of Mt. Trumbull ; to 

 the unwatered mesa known as Pariah Plateau ; to certain portions of 

 House Rock Valley not previously visited ' and to the upper two- 



Fig. no. — Ruin surmounting a circular butte of white sandstone near the 

 eastern rim of Paria Plateau and not far from the Rio Colorado. Note the 

 upright slabs in the foreground — a frequent feature of prehistoric dwellings 

 in this region. 



thirds of Bright Angel Creek. In addition, a number of caves in 

 Cottonwood Canyon and Kanab Creek, Kane County, Utah, were 

 examined for evidence of ancient habitations. 



In Bright Angel Creek several open ruins and three groups of cliff 

 houses were inspected ; a complete survey was found impossible on 

 account of unexpected high water which prevented access to the 

 narrow, walled-in portion adjoining the Grand Canyon of the 

 Colorado. 



In contrast to the conditions which were encountered in this 

 beautiful gorge, lack of water and forage for pack animals seriously 



^Smithsonian Misc. Coll., Vol. 70, No. 2, 1918. 



