The most important step that remains to be taken in the scientific study of the ruins of the Mesa Verde National Park is to discover the relation of the culture of Cliff Palace to that of the neighboring pueblo. This will necessitate the scientific excavation and repair of the latter ruin and a comparison of its major and minor antiquities with those of Cliff Palace. The age of cliff-dwellings in different parts of the Southwest undoubtedly varies. Certain Pueblo ruins are older than some cliff-dwellings, and there are cliff-houses more ancient than Pueblo ruins. Continued research in the Mesa Verde region will doubtless shed light on the relative age of Cliff Palace and the great pueblo ruin opposite it. [Illustration] * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious minor typographical errors have been corrected silently. Footnotes and illustrations have been moved to the end of paragraphs so as to not disrupt the flow of the text. Variations in hyphenation, word spacing and spelling left as printed. Changes made are denoted by [square brackets]: Pg. 19: "d'un point plus elévé[élevé]" " " "d'ou[d'où] l'on contemple les ruines" " " "de grands progrés[progrès] dans l'art" " " "Les murs sont faits de grés[grès] gris," End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace, by Jesse Walter Fewkes