A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola: Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228Mindeleff, Cosmos
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A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola: Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
Mindeleff, Cosmos
Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities; Pueblo architecture
Walls, how indicated on plans of ruins 45
defensive, at Bat House 52
construction of, in Moen-kopi ruins 53
curved, instances of 54
showing precision of workmanship 54
dimensions in Tâaaiyalana mesa 90
original height of, indicated by débris 90
thickness of, in modern Tusayan 102
paintings on, in Tusayan kiva 131
pueblo, mode of construction of 137-148
copings of 139, 151, 152
Walls, strength of 144
weakness of, in Zuñi 182
of gardens 215
Walpi, settlement of Bear people at 21, 27
Spanish mission established at 22
construction of, by the Snake people 23
dispute of, with the Sikyatki 24
settlement of the Asa at 30, 31
abandoned by Bear, Lizard, Asa, and Badger peoples 31
description of 63-66
court-surrounded kiva of 114
kivas of 119, 136
upper story partitions of, supported by beams 144
use of large stone blocks in garden walls of 47
cooking pit at 176, 177
south passageway of, described 181
Walpi people, attack of Awatubi by the 34
affray between the Oraibi and 35
trouble between the Hano and 37
various pueblos formerly occupied by the 46, 47
Warp-sticks, mode of supporting 133
Water, method of carrying, at Walpi 65
Water family, last to settle at Tusayan 29
migration legend of 31
Water jars used in chimney construction 180
Water supply, Cibola 80
Ketchipauan 82, 83
Tâaaiyalana dwellings 90, 91
Kin-tiel 92
Zuñi 97
Water vessels, forms of 109
Wattling or lathing of kiva walls 126
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