. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. U. S. Geological Survey. Plate holmes.] TRIPLE-WALLED TOWER, MELMO CREEK. 399 ments or cells. The walls about one of these cells are still standing tothe height of 12 feet; but the interior cannot be examined on accountof the rubbish which fills it to the top. No openings are noticeable inthe circular walls, but door-ways seem to have been made to communi-cate between the apartments; one is preserved at d. The inner wall has not been as high or strong as the others, and hasserved simply to enclose the estufa. This tower stands back about onehundred fe
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. U. S. Geological Survey. Plate holmes.] TRIPLE-WALLED TOWER, MELMO CREEK. 399 ments or cells. The walls about one of these cells are still standing tothe height of 12 feet; but the interior cannot be examined on accountof the rubbish which fills it to the top. No openings are noticeable inthe circular walls, but door-ways seem to have been made to communi-cate between the apartments; one is preserved at d. The inner wall has not been as high or strong as the others, and hasserved simply to enclose the estufa. This tower stands back about onehundred feet from the edge of the mesa and near the border of thevillage. The smaller tower, b, stands forward on a point that overlooksthe shallow gulch ; it is 15 feet in diameter : the walls are 3£ feet thickand 5 feet high on the outside. Beneath this ruin, in a little side gulch,are the remains of a wall 12 feet high and 20 inches thick. The re-mainder of the village is in such a state of decay as to be hardlytraceable among the artemisia and rubbish. The apartments number
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