Project Gutenberg 2006-11-06 Public domain in the USA. 92 Mindeleff, Cosmos 1863 The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from psge images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) (http://gallica.bnf.fr/) "The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona" by Cosmos Mindeleff is an archaeological and ethnological study written in the late 19th century. This work explores the rich history and structural remains of the ancient pueblo culture, specifically focused on the significant cliff ruins found in Canyon de Chelly. Mindeleff delves into the history of exploration in this remote region, as well as the geographical and architectural factors that influenced the settlement patterns of the ancestral Puebloans. The opening of the text introduces the reader to the setting of Canyon de Chelly, which has been largely undocumented due to its inaccessibility and location in the heart of Navaho territory. Mindeleff recounts early explorations and the conjectures about the canyon's monumental cliff dwellings made by various explorers. He highlights the importance of Lieutenant J. H. Simpson's observations from a military expedition in the mid-19th century, which laid the groundwork for future archaeological understanding of these sites. The author emphasizes the complex interplay between the geography of the canyon and the village sites, indicating a profound connection between the natural landscape and the ancient inhabitants' lifestyles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Arizona -- Antiquities Cliff-dwellings -- Arizona Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities E011 Text Archaeology Native America Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: History - American 464752 462563 2024-10-08T14:39:45.747273 2023-09-09T05:28:25.615406 text/html text/html 453908 2006-11-06T16:30:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3609827 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3630394 2024-10-08T14:40:10.524433 application/epub+zip 3625281 2024-10-08T14:39:55.445574 application/epub+zip 206760 2024-10-08T14:39:48.529260 application/epub+zip 7386870 2024-10-08T14:40:16.877437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7358102 2024-10-08T14:40:03.284488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292294 2022-09-09T10:51:53.265833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351988 351751 2024-10-08T14:39:43.679363 2023-09-09T05:28:23.873415 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 351537 2021-01-01T13:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113482 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 351582 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113377 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22474 2024-10-08T14:40:17.057400 application/rdf+xml 15434 2024-10-08T14:39:49.181277 image/jpeg 3520 2024-10-08T14:39:48.861254 image/jpeg 3658893 2024-10-08T14:39:46.044418 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog