SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
BULLETIN 51
ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE
NATIONAL PARK
CLIFF PALACE
BY
JESSE WALTER FEWKES
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1911
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Smithsonian Institution,
Bureau of American Ethnology,
Washington, D. C., May 14, 1910.
Sir: I have the honor to submit the accompanying manuscript,entitled "Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace,"by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, with the recommendation that it bepublished, subject to your approval, as Bulletin 51 of this Bureau.
Yours, very respectfully,
F. W. Hodge,
Ethnologist in Charge.
Dr. Charles D. Walcott,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C.
CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 9 |
| Cliff Palace a type of prehistoric culture | 11 |
| Recent history | 13 |
| Site of Cliff Palace | 20 |
| Prehistoric trails to Cliff Palace | 23 |
| General features | 23 |
| Destruction by the elements | 23 |
| Vandalism | 24 |
| Repair of walls | 25 |
| Major antiquities | 25 |
| General plan of Cliff Palace | 26 |
| Terraces and retaining walls | 27 |
| Tower quarter | 27 |
| Plaza quarter | 28 |
| Old quarter | 28 |
| Northern quarter | 28 |
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