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- Herausgeber: Librorium Editions
- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023
The science of archeology has contributed to our knowledge some of the most fascinating chapters in culture history, for it has brought to light, from the night of the past, periods of human development hitherto unrecorded. As the paleontologist through his method has revealed faunas whose like were formerly unknown to the naturalist, the archeologist by the use of the same method of research has resurrected extinct phases of culture that have attained a high development and declined before recorded history began. No achievements in American anthropology are more striking than those that, from a study of human buildings and artifacts antedating the historic period, reveal the existence of an advanced prehistoric culture of man in America.
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PREHISTORIC VILLAGES, CASTLES, AND TOWERS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
BY J. WALTER FEWKES
1919
© 2023 Librorium Editions
ISBN : 9782385741563
PREHISTORIC VILLAGES, CASTLES, AND TOWERS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
ILLUSTRATIONS
HISTORICAL
CLASSIFICATION
Villages
Cliff-Dwellings
Great Houses and Towers
Megalithic and Slab House Ruins at McElmo Bluff
GRASS MESA CEMETERY
RESERVOIRS
PICTOGRAPHS
MINOR ANTIQUITIES
HISTORIC REMAINS
CONCLUSIONS
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATES
1.
a,
Butte Ruin.
b,
Aztec Spring Ruin.
c,
Surouaro, Yellow Jacket Spring Ruin.
2.
a,
Blanchard Ruin.
b,
Blanchard Ruin, Mound 2.
c,
Surouaro, Yellow Jacket Spring Ruin.
3.
a,
Acmen Ruin.
b,
Mud Spring Ruin.
4.
a,
Building on rock pinnacle, near Stone Arch, Sand Canyon.
b,
Stone Arch, Sand Canyon.
5.
a,
Tower in Sand Canyon.
b,
Unit type House in Sand Canyon.
6.
a,
Stone Arch House, Sand Canyon.
b,
Cliff-house, showing broken corner.
7.
a,
Scaffold in Sand Canyon.
b,
Storage cist in Mancos Valley.
c,
Pictographs near Unit type House in cave.
8.
Double cliff-dwelling, Sand Canyon.
9.
a,
Cliff-dwelling under Horseshoe Ruin.
b,
Cliff-dwelling, Ruin Canyon.
10.
a,
Kiva of cliff ruin, Lost Canyon.
b,
Cliff ruin, Lost Canyon.
11.
a,
Square Tower in Square Tower Canyon.
b,
Tower in McLean Basin.
c,
Ruin in Hill Canyon, Utah.
12.
Head of South Fork, Square Tower Canyon.
13.
North Fork of Square Tower Canyon, looking west.
14.
a,
Hovenweep House and Hovenweep Castle, from the south.
b,
Hovenweep Castle, from the west.
c,
Hovenweep Castle, from the south.
15.
a,
West end of Twin Tower, showing small cliff-house.
b,
Twin Towers, Square Tower Canyon, from the south.
c,
Tower 4, junction of North and South Forks, Square Tower Canyon.
16.
a,
Hovenweep Castle, with Sleeping Ute Mountain, South Fork, Square Tower Canyon.
b,
Entrance to South Fork, Square Tower Canyon.
17.
Stronghold House, Square Tower Canyon.
18.
a,
Head of Holly Canyon.
b,
South side of Hovenweep Castle, Square Tower Canyon.
19.
a,
Holly Canyon group, from the east.
b,
Great House at head of Holly Canyon, from the north.
c,
Unit type Ruin, from the east.
20.
a,
Great House at head of Holly Canyon, from the south.
b,
Ruin B at head of Holly Canyon, from the west.
c,
Great House at head of Holly Canyon.
21.
a,
Great House, Holly Canyon.
b,
Stronghold House and Twin Towers, Square Tower Canyon.
22.
a,
Hovenweep Castle.
b,
Southern part of Cannonball Ruin, McElmo Canyon.
23.
a,
Square tower with rounded corners, Holly Canyon.
b,
Holly Tower in Holly Canyon.
c,
Horseshoe House.
24.
a,
Horseshoe Ruin.
b,
BowlderCastle, Road (Wickyup) Canyon.
25.
a,
Closed doorway in Bowlder Castle, Road (Wickyup) Canyon.
b,
Broken-down round tower, Square Tower Canyon.
26.
a,
North side of tower, Square Tower Canyon.
b,
D-shaped tower near Davis ranch, Yellow Jacket Canyon.
c,
Model of towers in McLean Basin.
27.
Round tower and D-shaped tower in McLean Basin.
28.
a,
D-shaped tower in McLean Basin, showing cross section of wall.
b,
Round tower in McLean Basin, showing standing stone slab.
29.
a,
Holmes Tower, Mancos Canyon.
b,
Lion Tower, Yellow Jacket Canyon.
30.
a,
Tower above cavate storehouses, Mancos Canyon, below bridge.
b,
Tower on mesa between eroded cliffs and bridge over Mancos Canyon, on Cortez Ship-rock Road.
31.
a,
Tower above cavate storehouses, Mancos Canyon, below bridge.
b,
Eroded shale formation in which are small walled cavate storehouses.
32.
a,
Reservoir near Picket corral, showing retaining wall.
b,
Kiva, Unit type House, Square Tower Canyon.
33.
Pictographs, Yellow Jacket Canyon.
TEXT FIGURES
Page
1.
Ground plan of Aztec Spring Ruin
26
2.
Ground plan of Wood Canyon Ruin
32
3.
Metes and bounds of Emerson Ruin
34
4.
Schematic ground plan of Emerson Ruin
35
5.
Ground plan of Unit type House in cave
39
6.
Square Tower Canyon
45
7.
Ground plan of Hovenweep House
46
8.
Ground plan of Hovenweep Castle
47
9.
Ground plan of Twin Towers
50
10.
Ground plan of Unit type House
51
11.
Holly Canyon Ruins
52
12.
Horseshoe (Hackberry) Canyon
53
13.
Ground plan of Horseshoe House
54
14.
Ground plan of Davis Ruin
55
15.
Ground plan of Lion House
55
16.
Ground plan of ruin with towers in McLean Basin
56
17.
Doorway in Round Tower, McLean Basin
57
18.
Megalithic stone inclosure, McElmo Bluff
61
PREHISTORIC VILLAGES, CASTLES, AND TOWERS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
By J. Walter Fewkes
INTRODUCTION
The science of archeology has contributed to our knowledge some of the most fascinating chapters in culture history, for it has brought to light, from the night of the past, periods of human development hitherto unrecorded. As the paleontologist through his method has revealed faunas whose like were formerly unknown to the naturalist, the archeologist by the use of the same method of research has resurrected extinct phases of culture that have attained a high development and declined before recorded history began. No achievements in American anthropology are more striking than those that, from a study of human buildings and artifacts antedating the historic period, reveal the existence of an advanced prehistoric culture of man in America.
The evidences of a phase of culture that had developed and was on the decline before the interior of North America was explored by Europeans are nowhere better shown than in southwestern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, the domain of the Cliff-dwellers, or the cradle of the Pueblos. There flourished on what is now called the Mesa Verde National Park, in prehistoric times, a characteristic culture unlike that of any region in the United States. This culture reached its apogee and declined before the historic epoch, but did not perish before it had left an influence extending over a wide territory, which persisted into modern times. Through the researches of archeologists the nature of this culture is now emerging into full view; but much material yet remains awaiting investigation before it can be adequately understood. The purpose of this article is to call attention to new observations bearing upon its interpretation made by the author, under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology, on brief trips to Colorado and Utah in 1917 and 1918.
The peculiar cliff-dwellings and open-air villages of the Mesa Verde are here shown to be typical of those found over a region many miles in extent. They indicate a distinct culture area, which is easily distinguished from others where similar buildings do not exist, but not as readily separated from that of adjacent regions where the buildings are superficially similar but structurally different. In order to distinguish it from its neighbors and determine its horizon, we must become familiar with certain architectural characteristics. As our knowledge of the character of buildings in this area is incomplete, the intention of the author is to define the several different types of buildings that characterize it.
