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Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace

By Jesse Walter Fewkes

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ANTIQUITIES OF THE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK CLIFF PALACE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CLIFF PALACE A TYPE OF PREHISTORIC CULTURE
RECENT HISTORY
SITE OF CLIFF PALACE
PREHISTORIC TRAILS TO CLIFF PALACE
GENERAL FEATURES
- Destruction by the Elements
- Vandalism
- Repair of Walls
- Major Antiquities
GENERAL PLAN OF CLIFF PALACE
- Terraces and Retaining Walls
- Tower Quarter
- Plaza Quarter
- Old Quarter
- Northern Quarter
- Masonry
- Adobe Bricks
- Plastering
- Paintings and Rock Markings
- Refuse Heaps
- Secular Rooms
- Doors and Windows
- Floors and Roofs
- Fireplaces
- Living Rooms
- Milling Rooms
- Granaries
- Crematories
- Ledge Rooms
ENUMERATION OF THE ROOMS IN CLIFF PALACE
- Secular Rooms
- Kivas
  - KIVAS OF THE FIRST TYPE
  - A SUBTYPE OF KIVA (KIVA M)
  - KIVAS OF THE SECOND TYPE
- KIVAS OF THE FIRST TYPE
- A SUBTYPE OF KIVA (KIVA M)
- KIVAS OF THE SECOND TYPE
MINOR ANTIQUITIES
- Stone Implements
  - POUNDING STONES
  - GRINDING STONES
  - MISCELLANEOUS STONES
- POUNDING STONES
- GRINDING STONES
- MISCELLANEOUS STONES
- Pottery
  - RELATIONS AS DETERMINED BY POTTERY
  - SYMBOLS ON POTTERY
  - POTTERY RESTS
- RELATIONS AS DETERMINED BY POTTERY
- SYMBOLS ON POTTERY
- POTTERY RESTS
- Basketry
- Sandals
- Wooden Objects
- Drills
- Bone Implements
- Turquoise Ear Pendants and other Objects
- Seeds
- Textiles
HUMAN BURIALS
CONCLUSIONS
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