tailieunhanh - Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona

The region described in the following pages comprises the valley of the Rio Verde, in Arizona, from Verde, in eastern central Yavapai county, to the confluence with Salt river, in Maricopa county. The written history of the region treated extends back only a few years. Since the aboriginal inhabitants abandoned it, or were driven from it, the hostile Apache and Walapai roamed over it without hindrance or opposition, and so late as twenty-five years ago, when the modern settlement of the region commenced, ordinary pursuits were almost impossible. Some of the pioneer settlers are still in possession, and are occupying the ground they took up at. | Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley Arizona by 1 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 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 Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ABORIGINAL REMAINS Produced by Louise Hope Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France BnF Gallica at http Transcriber s Note The combination i represents i with breve or short mark. 2 Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley Arizona by Typographical errors are listed at the end of the file. 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 openings 251 Chimneys and fireplaces 256 Conclusions 257 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE X. Map showing distribution of ruins and location of area treated with reference to ancient pueblo region 185 XI. Map showing distribution of ruins in the basin of the Rio Verde 187 XII. Ground plan of ruin near mouth of Limestone creek 189 XIII. Main court ruin near Limestone creek 191 XIV. Ruin at mouth of the East Verde