. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Cliff Town, Rio Mancos. U. S. Geological Survey. Plate XXXVII. Broken; CUffe^= to Crcdc bccLSS~^5=iSQO ft). -^=— from, a fob soft. ■TrarrLbtoCIZOii holies.] CLIFF-HOUSES, FIO MANCOS. 385 trail and river, as shown in the accompanying profile (Figure 3). Theline bed represents the deepest part of the recess, against which thewalls are built. To the right of b, the shelf ceases, and the vertical faceof rock is unbroken. At the left, beyond a, the edge is not so abrupt,and the cliffs below are so broken that one can ascend with , the roof comes forwa
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Cliff Town, Rio Mancos. U. S. Geological Survey. Plate XXXVII. Broken; CUffe^= to Crcdc bccLSS~^5=iSQO ft). -^=— from, a fob soft. ■TrarrLbtoCIZOii holies.] CLIFF-HOUSES, FIO MANCOS. 385 trail and river, as shown in the accompanying profile (Figure 3). Theline bed represents the deepest part of the recess, against which thewalls are built. To the right of b, the shelf ceases, and the vertical faceof rock is unbroken. At the left, beyond a, the edge is not so abrupt,and the cliffs below are so broken that one can ascend with , the roof comes forward and curves upward, as seen in the profile. The most striking feature of this structure is the round room, whichoccurs about the middle of the ruin and inside of a large rectangularapartment. The occurrence of this circular chamber in this place is highly signifi-cant, and tends greatly to confirm my previously-stated opinion that thecircle had a high significance with these people. Their superstitionsseem to have been so exacting in this matter that, even when drivento the extremity of building and dwelling in the midst of these desolatecliffs, an inclosure
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