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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I918 



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of exactly the same mode of life as Pueblos. For instance, the 

 clifif-dwellings of the \'erde X'alley, a tributary of the Salt River in 

 southern Arizona, are different structurally from those of the San 

 juan llasin in Colorado and Utah. Some of these aberrant clitif- 

 houses. thus far little known, but ])leading" for investigation, are 

 situated in Tonto Basin near the Apache trail, Arizona. The char- 

 acter of the environment in this region appears in the view up Fish 

 Creek (fig. 85), a rugged canyon, the mouth of which is visible to 

 travelers on the road to Roosevelt Dam. 



J'li;. SX. — Interior cliff dwcllin.L;, Cherry Creek, .Sierra Ancha, .\pache I rail, 

 Ari/iJiia. I'liotoL^rai)]! 1)\- .Mark Daniels. 



\\\ courtesy of .\lr. .Mark Daniels, pholograijhs showing clilT- 

 dwellings ot the Sierra Ancha .Mountains in soulheni Ai-i/.ona are 

 here re])roduced (figs. S'(» to Sj ) . Although these l>nildin-s are 

 situated in cliffs thev haw onl\- a l|i~^tant likcnc-ss si lauM ui-all\- tn 

 those of the .Mesa \ erdc .\alioii;il I'ai'k in ^oulliw I'^tiTii ( Uli n-iidd. 

 'I he ])i'iiici])al dillerence troin the lattci- is tl:r ;il)sriicr of rii-cailai" 

 ccrcnioiii.'d rooni> or ki\'as. I lic\ nia\ lir ^aid to rcpi'c-ciii ihe rlill- 

 dwc'Iling phase oi a hon^e liuildiiiL; eiiJtnre ih.il i-e;icbed its Jii^hest 

 developnii'nt in so-caljeil e(ini]ioniids near llie ( lila wliieli ai'e nnlikt- 



