Expeditions organizzato o partecipato dal Smithsonian Institution.. . Fig. 93.--torre in Navaho Canyon, Mesa Verde NationalPark, Colorado. Fotografia di J. Wirsula. cumuli di pietre (figg. 84, 85, 86), in un cluster di 16 tumuli vicino thereservoir chiamato mummia Lago (fig. 87), è stato scelto per questo scopo,e in questo sono state scoperte le pareti di un rudere rettangolare, 113 feetlong bv 100 piedi largo: una volta 20 piedi alto sul lato nord dove SxMITHSONIAN varie collezioni VOL. 66 Vi erano tre storie. Guidato da lontano outlook southof questo pueblo, che servirà come un tipo di

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Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian Institution.. . Fig. 93.-—Tower in Navaho Canyon, Mesa Verde NationalPark, Colorado. Photograph by J. Wirsula. piles of stones (figs. 84, 85, 86), in a cluster of 16 mounds near thereservoir called Mummy Lake (fig. 87), was chosen for this purpose, and in this were uncovered the walls of a rectangular ruin, 113 feetlong bv 100 feet wide: once 20 feet high on the north side where SxMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 there were formerly three stories. Led by the distant outlook southof this pueblo, which will serve as a type of many others awaitinginvestigation, Doctor Fewkes has suggested the name Far ViewHouse (fig. 89). His excavations show that it was compactly built, without plazas ; it contains about 50 rooms on the ground floor, andfour ceremonial chambers, one of which, centrally placed, is 32 feet. 1 11 Fig. 94.—Mushroom Rock Ruin, Hill Canyon.Utah. Redrawn from a sketch made by the authoron the spot. in diameter ( fig. 88). These last-mentioned rooms, known as kivas, are structurally identical with those of clififhouses. They formerlyhad vaulted roofs, as indicated by pilasters erected around the roomfor support of the rafters, and a hatchway. Far iew House (fig.88) is not only a type of ruin hitherto unknown on the Mesa >rde.but also is important in comparison with the architectural features NO. SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 89 of cliffhouses and pueblos throughout a region extending over onehundred miles from the Park in all directions. A considerable col-lection of objects, as pottery, stone and bone implements, idols andornaments, illustrating the culture of the inhabitants of Far iew

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• bookcentury1900
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• bookyear1912