. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. ^ ANCIENT HOUSES OF MODERN MEXICO By Arthur \\'ood\vard During a trip into northern Sonora in June. 1932, the writer encountered a small, deserted encampment left by the soldier- laborers engaged in the construction of the Altar-Sonoita highway which revealed many interesting features of pit house and flimsy surface structures, comparable to many of the ancient forms of habitations, the ruins of which are encountered in many parts of our own Southwest, particularly in Arizona and New Mexico. T
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. ^ ANCIENT HOUSES OF MODERN MEXICO By Arthur \\'ood\vard During a trip into northern Sonora in June. 1932, the writer encountered a small, deserted encampment left by the soldier- laborers engaged in the construction of the Altar-Sonoita highway which revealed many interesting features of pit house and flimsy surface structures, comparable to many of the ancient forms of habitations, the ruins of which are encountered in many parts of our own Southwest, particularly in Arizona and New Mexico. The author, in common with many other field workers, has encountered or seen many puzzling features of architectural con- struction left by the ancients, especially on those sites whereon the perishable superstructures had either fallen to decay or had gone down in some unknown holacaust. The chance "discovery" of this modern Alexican pit house village with its accompanying surface structures and evidences of household debris was verv illuminating in that it served as an excellent text book with photographic illus- trations of the habitations of people dead these many long cen- turies. The study of the details of the construction of the various types of shelters represented in the group gave one the odd feeling that here, in the midst of this dry Sonora wasteland, a group of pre-historic people had suddenly appeared from the hazy horizon of the past, built their homes, lived peacefully for a few weeks and then, as must have been their wont, moved on, leaving their houses standing for the special jjenefit of a modern investigator (PI 28).. 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 Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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