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Canyon is a wooden scaffold in a ca\-c like that of Scaffold House in 

 the Xavajo National Monument. 



There are several other cliff-houses in Sand Canyon all of which 

 resemble in the structin-al features of their kivas those of Mesa 

 \'erde and Chelly Cannon, hut diff'er from those of the Upper Gila 

 and Salt rivers. 



The group called cliff'-dwellings, from the fact that they occur in 

 caves or cliffs, was formerh- imiversallv recoo'nized as a division in 



I*'i(i. Xj. — Sand Canyon lOwcr, C'olDr.nIi). I'IkjIo- 

 .ur:ii)!i l>v 'I". < i. l.cnmKin. 



a classification of southwestern iniins. Il i^ cvidnu from enlarm-d 

 knfnvled.L,^' of the architectural forms of ihc'-c liuildiii^-- that llic only 

 diherence hetwceii the so-calk'd cli II -ilw rlliii-- and olhris louiid in 

 the open is their site: structurally lhe\' are identical and wi'ie e\i- 

 denlly constructed hv the same pc-ople. Some clill (Iwclk-rs were 

 related to the I'uehlos. hiU al! clitV-<l\\ellinL;s were not hnilt hy jn'ople 



