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Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona, by
Cosmos Mindeleff This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262
Author: Cosmos Mindeleff
Release Date: November 29, 2006 [EBook #19961]
Language: English
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ABORIGINAL REMAINS
IN
VERDE VALLEY, ARIZONA
BY
COSMOS MINDELEFF
CONTENTS Page Introduction 185 The region and its literature 185 Physical description of the country 189 Distribution and classification of ruins 192 Plans and descriptions 195 Stone villages 195 Cavate lodges 217 Bowlder-marked sites 235 Irrigating ditches and horticultural works 238 Structural characteristics 248 Masonry and other details 248 Door and window opening
Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona
by Cosmos Mindeleff