. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 35 Near San Jose the Gila Bonita creek enters the river from the north, and high up on this stream are houses built in niches in the cliff. These cli if-houses were explored by Charles F. Solomon, of Solomonsville, and Prof. W. S. Devol, of Tucson, and an account was published in the Graham County Bulletin about 1895. Many of the ruins in the Pueblo Viejo valley were located by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes and the writer during the explorations of 1897.° No. 5. Pueblo.—A pueblo called Buena Vista is situated in the vicinity of San Jose, a v
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 35 Near San Jose the Gila Bonita creek enters the river from the north, and high up on this stream are houses built in niches in the cliff. These cli if-houses were explored by Charles F. Solomon, of Solomonsville, and Prof. W. S. Devol, of Tucson, and an account was published in the Graham County Bulletin about 1895. Many of the ruins in the Pueblo Viejo valley were located by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes and the writer during the explorations of 1897.° No. 5. Pueblo.—A pueblo called Buena Vista is situated in the vicinity of San Jose, a village on the river above Solomonsville, Gra- ham county, Ariz. This is a stone pueblo of many rooms arranged around a central plaza; it contains also detached houses and a large. Fig. 4. Arrow polisher, Graham county, Ariz. " ; The location is a high bluff above the Gila, and appar- ently the place was long occupied. An ancient ditch ran at the foot of the bluff. Doctor Fewkes says: Surrounding this larger stone inelosure there lie at intervals low mounds, some of which betray evidences of rooms, while others are simply ash heaps. Two large circular depressions, a few hundred feet from the central building, are conspicuous. The limits of the cluster of mounds which compose Bnena Vista could not easily be determined, and probably no two persons would agree upon their extent. The largest and most conspicuous ancient building is an irregular stone struc- ture which is situated somewhat back from the edge of the bluff, and is now a See Tiventy-second Report of Bureau of American Ethnology, pt. 1, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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