Masonry of ruin at mouth of the East Verde 259 XLIX. Doorway to cavate lodge 260 L. Doorway to cavate lodge 261 Fig. 279. Sketch map, site of small ruin 10 miles north of Fossil creek 200 280. Ground plan of ruin at mouth of the East Verde 201 281. Ground plan of ruin near the mouth of Fossil creek 204 282. Sketch map, site of ruin above Fossil creek 205 283. Sketch map of ruin 9½ miles above Fossil creek 206 284. Sketch map showing location of ruins opposite Verde 207 285. Ground plan of ruin on southern side of Clear creek 211 286. Ground plan of ruin 8 miles north of Fossil creek 213 287. Sketch map of ruins on pinnacle 7 miles north of Fossil creek 216 288. Remains of small rooms 7 miles north of Fossil creek 216 289. Diagram showing strata of canyon wall 218 290. Walled storage cist 221 291. Plan of cavate lodges, group _D_ 226 292. Sections of cavate lodges, group _D_ 227 293. Section of water pocket 228 294. Plan of cavate lodges, group _A_ 229 295. Sections of cavate lodges, group _A_ 230 296. Plan of cavate lodges, group _B_ 231 297. Plan of cavate lodges, group _E_ 232 298. Plan of cavate lodges, group _C_ 233 299. Map of an ancient irrigation ditch 239 300. Part of old irrigating ditch 241 301. Walled front cavate lodges 250 302. Bowlders in footway, cavate lodges 252 303. Framed doorway, cavate lodges 253 304. Notched doorway in Canyon de Chelly 254 305. Notched doorway in Tusayan 255 [Illustration: Plate X. MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF RUINS AND LOCATION OF AREA TREATED WITH REFERENCE TO ANCIENT PUEBLO REGION.] * * * * * ABORIGINAL REMAINS IN VERDE VALLEY, ARIZONA By Cosmos Mindeleff * * * * * INTRODUCTION. THE REGION AND ITS LITERATURE. The region described in the following pages comprises the valley of the Rio Verde, in Arizona, from Verde, in eastern central Yavapai county, to the confluence with Salt river, in Maricopa county.