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sorts. The beauty and technique of such spechnens warrant the behef 

 that these canyon dwellers had reached a plane of esthetic as well as 

 social development not surpassed elsewhere in the Southwest. 



Although the 18 major ruins constitute the main feature of this 

 national monument there are, in addition, hundreds of " small 

 house " remains scattered throughout the entire Chaco Canyon dis- 

 trict. In culture as well as in architecture these lesser dwellings were 

 closely allied to the larger structures. Talus pueblos and small cliff 

 houses are to be found along the north side of the canyon ; elsewhere 

 the mud walls of a " pit house " have been disclosed — a crude, semi- 



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Fig. 119. — Part of Pueblo Pintado, as seen from the northwest. This ruin 

 was visited by Lt. J. H. Simpson, August 26, 1849, on his memorable advance 

 into the Navaho country ; the large timbers noted by Simpson and other early 

 explorers have since been torn from the walls, causing obvious destruction to 

 the latter. 



subterranean shelter — older than any of the other habitations yet 

 observed in this region. Certain it is that comprehensive investiga- 

 tions in the Chaco Canyon drainage will add largely to present knowl- 

 edge concerning the prehistoric pueblo peoples of the southwestern 

 desert countrv. 



AIUSIC OF THE PAPAGO AND PAWNEE 

 In February, 1920, Miss Densmore went to the Papago Reserva- 

 tion in southwestern Arizona to continue her study of Indian music 

 for the Bureau of American Ethnology, residing for more than four 



