﻿THE 
  PUEBLO 
  BONITO 
  EXPEDITION 
  

  

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  work, 
  asserting 
  their 
  su- 
  

   premacy. 
  But 
  whether 
  

   these 
  influences 
  represent 
  

   merely 
  local 
  developments 
  

   or 
  culture 
  phases 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  by 
  new 
  comers 
  is 
  

   a 
  problem 
  we 
  have 
  yet 
  to 
  

   solve. 
  We 
  know 
  that 
  peo- 
  

   ples 
  from 
  other 
  regions 
  

   came 
  to 
  dwell 
  at 
  Pueblo 
  

   Bonito, 
  for 
  we 
  have 
  

   found 
  numerous 
  exam- 
  

   ples 
  of 
  their 
  characteris- 
  

   tic 
  arts. 
  

  

  DIFFICULTIES 
  AND 
  RE- 
  

   WARDS 
  IN 
  PUEBLO 
  

   BONITO 
  RESEARCH 
  

  

  This 
  work 
  of 
  explora- 
  

   tion, 
  this 
  digging 
  into 
  

   deep 
  rooms, 
  this 
  ferret- 
  

   ing 
  out 
  of 
  hidden 
  facts, 
  

   has 
  its 
  difficulties 
  and 
  its 
  

   rewards. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  recompense 
  

   is 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  one 
  de- 
  

   rives 
  from 
  adding 
  a 
  few 
  

   sentences 
  to 
  the 
  world's 
  

   history, 
  in 
  contributing 
  

   even 
  a 
  short 
  paragraph 
  

   to 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  human 
  

   progress. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  

   immeasurable 
  joy 
  in 
  

   starting 
  work 
  on 
  a 
  gi- 
  

   gantic 
  rock 
  pile 
  — 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   cumulation 
  of 
  fallen 
  walls 
  

   and 
  centuries 
  of 
  wind- 
  

   blown 
  sand 
  — 
  and 
  finding, 
  

   after 
  a 
  few 
  hours' 
  labor, 
  

   a 
  whole 
  series 
  of 
  ancient 
  

   dwellings 
  unfolding 
  it- 
  

   self. 
  

  

  Fragments 
  of 
  informa- 
  

   tion, 
  constantly 
  being 
  uncovered, 
  hold 
  one 
  

   to 
  the 
  task. 
  Teams 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  upon 
  oc- 
  

   casion, 
  where 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  earth 
  to 
  be 
  

   removed 
  exceeds 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  stone, 
  

   but 
  difficulties 
  increase 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   depth, 
  and 
  the 
  uninitiated 
  can 
  scarcely 
  

   realize 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  clearing 
  deep 
  

   rooms 
  beneath 
  interlocked 
  and, 
  often, 
  in- 
  

   secure 
  walls. 
  

  

  WAR 
  CLOUDS 
  OFTEN 
  DISSIPATED 
  WITH 
  

   CANDY 
  

  

  Early 
  spring 
  months 
  in 
  desert 
  canyons 
  

   of 
  the 
  Southwest 
  are 
  notorious 
  for 
  their 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Neil 
  M. 
  Judd 
  

  

  PERHAPS 
  AMONG 
  THE 
  TRADITIONS 
  OF 
  HIS 
  PEOPLE 
  THE 
  

  

  SOLUTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MYSTERY 
  OF 
  PUEBLO 
  

  

  BONITO 
  WILL 
  BE 
  FOUND 
  

  

  This 
  Zuni 
  boy 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  descendant 
  of 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  artisans 
  

   who 
  quarried 
  the 
  stone 
  and 
  mixed 
  the 
  mud 
  that 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  

   towering 
  walls 
  of 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  330). 
  

  

  sandstorms, 
  and 
  our 
  camp 
  was 
  exposed 
  

   to 
  all 
  the 
  winds 
  that 
  blew, 
  no 
  hidden 
  cor- 
  

   ner 
  being 
  safe 
  from 
  permeating 
  dust 
  

   clouds. 
  In 
  direct 
  contrast, 
  midsummer 
  

   brings 
  the 
  rainy 
  season, 
  when 
  everything. 
  

   even 
  one's 
  sense 
  of 
  humor, 
  gets 
  wet 
  and 
  

   soggy. 
  

  

  The 
  sandstorms 
  were 
  a 
  daily 
  torment 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   summer. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  a 
  weird 
  sight 
  indeed 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  

   cloud 
  of 
  flour-like 
  sand 
  rolling 
  over 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tant 
  cliff 
  and 
  up 
  the 
  canyon 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  

   heels 
  of 
  a 
  saturating 
  shower. 
  Nothing 
  

  

  