. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 35 -Ail ""*"*!.&/â ; mm- I fs/ /J Aro. £6'. Pueblo.âThis ruin is located on the bluff overlooking the town hospital of Clifton, Ariz. Rough volcanic rocks almost cover the site, and among them the rooms were built without attempt at orderly arrangement. Some of the dwellings were formed by pick- ing out loose masses of lava from a small area and piling them up around the sides to build the walls. The pottery is chiefly brown, and consists of bowls with fillet rims and vessels with coiled or rugose surfaces. Some
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 35 -Ail ""*"*!.&/â ; mm- I fs/ /J Aro. £6'. Pueblo.âThis ruin is located on the bluff overlooking the town hospital of Clifton, Ariz. Rough volcanic rocks almost cover the site, and among them the rooms were built without attempt at orderly arrangement. Some of the dwellings were formed by pick- ing out loose masses of lava from a small area and piling them up around the sides to build the walls. The pottery is chiefly brown, and consists of bowls with fillet rims and vessels with coiled or rugose surfaces. Some excavation has been attempted here by citizens of Clifton. At the foot of the bluff on which the ruin is located petroglyphs representing the sun, serpent, water, and other objects, have been pecked on a smooth rock face. No. 27. Pueblo.âOpposite the Potter ranch, 2\ miles northeast of Clifton, the low mounds of a ruin may be seen occupying a point overlook- ing the San Francisco, whose valley here contains many acres of fertile land. Exca- vations undertaken by sev- eral persons have brought to light a few artifacts which are similar to those found in the ruin at Clifton. The metates on this site are of the usual oblong shape, and some of the pottery shards fur- nish examples of excellent coiling. No. 28. Pueblo.âTwo and one-half miles above no. 27, and approximately the same size, is a ruin located on a mesa, across which at the rear of the pueblo runs a dry-laid stone wall. It is reported that crema- tion burials have b§en unearthed on this site. No. 29. Pueblo.âAt the junction of the Blue and San Francisco rivers, 1G miles above Clifton, there is a ruin lying one-eighth of a mile west of Carpenter post-office. It consists of rectangular rooms forming one large house group and several small ones irregularly arranged on the level summit of a bluff. There are two shrines on the edge of the bluff, which is walled in several places. The ceme- tery has numerous dry wall
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