Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . U S ^- i-;n — <u tA t/i. — o -s SMITIISOXTAX KXIT-URATJONS, 19^ 93 these which have thus far been excavated belong to different types;but it is desirable to examine and repair them all in order to discoverother types. Indian corn, the national food of the be again planted in this area so that the future student ortourist could ]:)ehold a Mesa Verde village in approximately the sameenvironment as in prehistoric times. The first of the mounds wasexcavated by the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1916, and wascalled Far Aiew House, an
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . U S ^- i-;n — <u tA t/i. — o -s SMITIISOXTAX KXIT-URATJONS, 19^ 93 these which have thus far been excavated belong to different types;but it is desirable to examine and repair them all in order to discoverother types. Indian corn, the national food of the be again planted in this area so that the future student ortourist could ]:)ehold a Mesa Verde village in approximately the sameenvironment as in prehistoric times. The first of the mounds wasexcavated by the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1916, and wascalled Far Aiew House, and the particular mound chosen for excava-tion in 1922 lies about 100 feet to the south of *it (fig. 89) or on thesouthern edge of the sage-brush Fig. 91.—Distant view dt Ilpc Shrine lldiisc. I liis view shows thewhole north wall and the cast wall tureshurtenecl. The gruupextreme left are looking at skeleton in cemetery. (Photograph by Geo. Courtesy Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.) The only noticeable characters of the niotmd when work beganwere a saucer-like central depression, and an elevated rim, which ledDr. Fewkes to suspect a buried subterranean kiva surrounded by aseries of rooms above ground. The mound was covered by a densegrowth of vegetation. No walls were seen when this was removed,and much accumulated sand, earth, and stone had to be removedbefore any masonry was visible. Complete excavation revealed aremarkable building or pueblo (figs. 89. ()T ) ])resenting to arche-ologists several new problems for solution. The large depression turned out to indicate a central kiva (fig. 92)quite unlike that of any other on the Mesa \erde National room has no central fireplace : no ventilator or defl
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