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occupied the cliff shelters for a considerable period, inter¬ 
marrying with the Havaho, 
The area in which the cliff dwellings occur is practically 
coextensive with that in which are now found traces of town¬ 
building and relics attributable to the pueblo tribes. The 
most noteworthy of these groups of built dwellings are found 
in the canyons of the Mesa Verde in Colorado, in Hovenweep 
and Montezuma canyons in Utah, in canyon de Chelly and it 
branches in N. E. Arizona; and of the cavate variety, in the 
cliffs of the Jemez plateau facing the Rio Grande and in the 
Verde valley. Although there are local.differences in style 
of building, construction, plan, and finish, the main charac¬ 
teristics of the structures are much the same everywhere. 
Corresponding differences with general likeness are observed 
in implements, utensils, and ornaments associated with the 
ruins - facts which go to show that in early periods, as 
now, 
numerous tribal groups were represented in the region, and 
