. Bulletin. Ethnology. HEWETTj ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEMEZ PLATEAU 37 doubtless selected on account of its defensible character, tlie pueblo being situated at least 800 feet above the level of the creek and its walls built flush with the edge of the precipice. The great Pedernal peak, from which the village takes its name, rises on the other side of. â FOaTIFIED G/\P. Fig. 20.âGround plan of Chipiinuinge. the canyon about 2 miles to the southwest. The pueblo is inaccessible except by a single trail wliich winds up from the Polvadera and reaches the summit of the mesa at its south end, passing the
. Bulletin. Ethnology. HEWETTj ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEMEZ PLATEAU 37 doubtless selected on account of its defensible character, tlie pueblo being situated at least 800 feet above the level of the creek and its walls built flush with the edge of the precipice. The great Pedernal peak, from which the village takes its name, rises on the other side of. â FOaTIFIED G/\P. Fig. 20.âGround plan of Chipiinuinge. the canyon about 2 miles to the southwest. The pueblo is inaccessible except by a single trail wliich winds up from the Polvadera and reaches the summit of the mesa at its south end, passing thence through two strongly fortified gaps before the pueblo is reached. The site was impregnable against any form of attack possible in savage 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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