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restricted investigations in the other sections above noted. The 

 hurried inspection of the IVIt. Trumbull region was made in an auto- 

 mobile, it being impracticable to use horses in this parched country 

 during the summer months. Exposed pueblo ruins bordering the 

 east rim of Pariah Plateau and overlooking the Painted Desert proved 

 more numerous than was anticipated. In size, in arrangement of 

 rooms and in the quality of their masonry these ancient dwellings are 

 superior to those seen elsewhere in northwestern Arizona ; likewise, 

 potsherds examined at each site exhibit greater perfection of form 

 and a higher decorative technique. These two factors — architectural 



Fig. 113. — Part of a cliff village in a cave on the east side of Cottonwood 

 Canyon, near Kanab, Utah. The village includes nineteen rooms and a nearby 

 spring furnished excellent water for the ancient inhabitants. 



and ceramic remains — alone are sufficient to connect the former in- 

 habitants of this region with the pre-Puebloan peoples east of the Rio 

 Colorado and to warrant the expectation that additional investigations 

 will disclose the approximate points at which the Colorado River was 

 crossed in ancient times. 



Following his researches for the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 Mr. Judd proceeded to New Mexico as director of an archeologic 

 reconnoissance of the Chaco Canyon National Monument. This sur- 

 vey was conducted under the auspices of the National Geographic 

 Society and had for its prime object close examination of the 

 aboriginal remains in the above monument with a view toward selec- 



