Antiquities of the Jemez Plateau, New MexicoU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - 55 páginas |
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Antiquities of the Jemez Plateau, New Mexico, Edição 29;Edições 31-32 Edgar Lee Hewett Visualização integral - 1906 |
Antiquities of the Jemez Plateau, New Mexico, Edição 29;Edições 31-32 Edgar Lee Hewett Visualização integral - 1906 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
50 feet Abiquiu adobe Alamo AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY ancient ancient pueblo antiquities archeological Bandelier buildings built BUREAU OF AMERICAN canyon caves Chama drainage Chipiinuinge circular kivas clan houses cliff cliff-dwellings consists court Cueva Pintada débris dwellings east estufas excavated feet high feet in diameter feet in height floor Francisco de Barrionuevo Frijoles gorge Ground plan hog-back inches inclose inclosure Indians Jemez plateau Jemez pueblo Jemez valley kivas large pueblo ledge length meters miles above Jemez miles west mounds Navahú Navawi occupied Ojo Caliente Otowi overlooking Pajarito park Pajarito plateau plan of ruin portion Potrero pottery pueblo and cliff-village Puyé quadrangle Queres remains ridge Rio Chama Rio Grande Rito rock rooms ruined pueblo San Ildefonso Santa Clara situated slope small pueblo ruin southeast southwest Spanish stone stories high structure subterranean summit talus terrace Tewa trail Tsankawi Tshirege tufa Vacas Vallecito creek village walls width yards
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Página 18 - ... two small canyons and the formerly intervening mesa. From the midst of this little park, roughly a mile square, a view of surpassing beauty is to be had. Half a mile to the south the huge mesa which is terminated by Rincon del Pueblo bounds the valley with a high unbroken line, perhaps 500 feet above the dry arroyo at the bottom.
Página 41 - My attention was first called to the arcbaiology of the region by observing that the conic hills just mentioned appeared to be in many instances crowned with stone structures, which, on examination, proved to be ruined buildings. These are round or square, with rounded angles, and from 15 to 25 feet in diameter. The walls are...
Página 16 - ... a considerable acreage of tillable land near by — far more than this small population would have utilized. The old trail across the neck of the mesa to the north is worn hip-deep in the rock, showing constant, long-continued use. I infer that these were the fields of not only the people of Navahu but also of the more populous settlements beyond the great mesa to the north where tillable land is wanting. The Tewa Indians assert that the name ' ' Navahu ' ' refers to the large area of cultivated...