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The Cliff dwellers of the Mesa Verde, southwestern Colorado : their pottery and implements (1893)

Nordenskiöld, Gustaf, 1868-1895, Morgan, Derec Llwyd · Stockholm ; Chicago : Norstedt · leaf 52

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p at the risk of breaking our necks. The reward of all our trouble was, however, but scanty, for, though we found indications to show that human beings had once dwelt behind these walls, no object of any great interest was discovered. The ledge itself w'as quite narrow, the rock above it so low… … FIG. 12. MARKS LEFT BY THE GRINDING OF STONE AXES. FROM A RUIN IN JOHNSON CANON. (From a photograph by the author.) have been loopholes for arrow's (see the plan Plate III, where the course of the loopholes is indicated), and were skilfully arranged in all directions, so that the archers were able…

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