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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 72 



ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT PUEBLO BONITO, 

 NEW MEXICO 



Mr. Neil j\I. Judd, curator of American archeology, U. S. National 

 Museum, began work during the year on a five-year archeological 

 project undertaken by the National Geographic Society, mentioned 

 in the Smithsonian Exploration Pamphlet for 1920,' centering about 

 Pueblo Bonito, one of the largest and most important prehistoric 

 ruins in the United States. Mr. Judd left Washington for New 

 Mexico on May i and shortly thereafter began operations in the 



Fig. tic. — Pueblo Bonito, from the northwest, showing the vast accumula- 

 tions of fallen wall material and wind-blown sand which cover the ruin. The 

 present height of the north wall is indicated by the three figures in the left 

 center. (Photograph by O. C. Havens. Courtesy of the National Geographic 

 Society.) 



great ruin ; his staff consisted of seven assistants with Navaho and 

 Zuni Indians employed for the actual work of excavation. 



The first few weeks were largely devoted to development of a water 

 supply sufficient for the expedition camp, to transporting equipment 

 and provisions from the railroad, 62 miles distant, and to removal of 

 several hundred tons of fallen wall material and wind-blown sand 

 which had accumulated in that section of the ruin selected for the 

 season's explorations. Following these preliminaries attention was 



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