. To California and back;. s. Some have fallen into decay, only por-tions of their walls remaining, and but a narrowshelf of the once broad floor of solid rock left to evi-dence their extreme antiquity. Others are almostwholly intact, having stubbornly resisted the weath-ering of time. Nothing but fragments of potterynow remain of the many quaint implements andtrinkets that characterized these dwellings at thetime of their discovery and have since been exhumedby scientist and collector. At least, nothing of valueis supposed to remain about those that are commonlyvisited. Many others, more diff
. To California and back;. s. Some have fallen into decay, only por-tions of their walls remaining, and but a narrowshelf of the once broad floor of solid rock left to evi-dence their extreme antiquity. Others are almostwholly intact, having stubbornly resisted the weath-ering of time. Nothing but fragments of potterynow remain of the many quaint implements andtrinkets that characterized these dwellings at thetime of their discovery and have since been exhumedby scientist and collector. At least, nothing of valueis supposed to remain about those that are commonlyvisited. Many others, more difficult to explore, mayyet yield a store of archaeological treasure. Fixed like swallows nests upon the face of a preci-pice, approachable from above or below only by de-liberate and cautious climbing, these dwellings havethe appearance of fortified retreats i ather than habit-ual abodes. That there was a time, in the remotepast, when warlike peoples of mysterious originpassed southward over this plateau is generally cred-47.
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