Q 
The minor works of art associated with the cliff dwell¬ 
ings are in general closely analogous to similar remains from 
the plateau and village sites of the same section. This ap¬ 
plies to basketry, pottery, textile products, stone implements**^ 
utensils, and various kinds of weapons and ornaments. The 
presence of agricultural implements and of deposits of charred 
corn in many places indicates that the people depended largely 
-upon agriculture. The antiquity of the cliff dwellings can 
only be surmised. That many of them were occupie d in compar¬ 
atively recent times is apparent from their excellent state 
of preservation, but their great numbers and the extent of 
the work accomplished suggest very considerable antiquity. 
When the* occupation of the cliffs began, whether 500 or 5000 
years ago, must for the present remain a question. Some 
travelers have reported the occurrence of 
overwhelmed and destroyed by flows of lava 
ancient stone houses 
, and have inferred 
great age from this; but verification of these reports is 
