The national parks portfolio . cs andceramic work might be called beautiful, even when judged by the highly devel-oped taste of to-day. They fashioned axes, spear points, and rude tools ofstone; they wove sandals and made attractive basketry. They were not content with rude buildings and had long outgrown thecaves that satisfied less civilized Indians farther north and south of them. The photographs of Cliff Palace on the following three pages will show notonly the protection afforded by the overhanging cliffs but the general schemeof community living. The population was composed of a series o
The national parks portfolio . cs andceramic work might be called beautiful, even when judged by the highly devel-oped taste of to-day. They fashioned axes, spear points, and rude tools ofstone; they wove sandals and made attractive basketry. They were not content with rude buildings and had long outgrown thecaves that satisfied less civilized Indians farther north and south of them. The photographs of Cliff Palace on the following three pages will show notonly the protection afforded by the overhanging cliffs but the general schemeof community living. The population was composed of a series of units, possibly clans, each ofwhich had its own social organization more or less distinct from the had ceremonial rooms, called kivas. Each also had living rooms andstorerooms. There were twenty-three social units or clans in Cliff Palace. The kivas were the rooms where the men spent most of the time devotedto ceremonies, councils, and other gatherings. The religious fraternities werelimited to the men of a Cliff Palace Is the Most Celebrated of the Mesa Verde Ruins Because It Is The Largest and Most Prominent 54590°—MV—17 2 9mv
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