Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 113.—Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, beforeexcavation, from southwest corner. Photograph by E. E. Fig. 114.—North wall of Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado,looking east from annex. Half excavated. Photograph by Fewkes. 92 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 Fewkes Canyon, Mesa A erde National Park, under a perfectly archednatural roof, below the mysLerious ruin above mentioned. Oak-treeHouse is not referred to in Nordenskiolds classic on the ClififDwellers of the Mes
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 113.—Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, beforeexcavation, from southwest corner. Photograph by E. E. Fig. 114.—North wall of Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado,looking east from annex. Half excavated. Photograph by Fewkes. 92 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 Fewkes Canyon, Mesa A erde National Park, under a perfectly archednatural roof, below the mysLerious ruin above mentioned. Oak-treeHouse is not referred to in Nordenskiolds classic on the ClififDwellers of the Mesa Aerde. and has not been figured nor describedby other archeologists, although it presents several very exceptionalarchitectural features. This oversight may be due in part to thefact that it was practically inaccessible previous to last summer(1915). Notwithstanding its neglect by archeologists this ruin isof no mean size, having had at least six circular subterranean cere-monial chambers, and 25 rooms, some of which were habitations,indicating the existence of a population of at least six clans. Itsground plan shows that it occupied the whole floor of a large cave ;the houses were in places
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