A comparison of the limited archeological material from the Mimbres with that from other localities in the Southwest suggests a provisional hypothesis that the prehistoric culture of this valley was not modified by terraced architecture nor greatly affected by that of the Lower Gila type, both of which evolved independently and locally, but belonged to an older type with which it had much in common. [Illustration: PL. 1 FIG. 1.—WOMAN DANCER. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 12 BY 6 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN. FIG. 2.—DANCING FIGURE. RED DECORATION. DIAMETER 5 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN.] [Illustration: PL. 2 FIG. 1. TWO WOLVES. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 11 BY 5½ INCHES. OSBORN RUIN. FIG. 2. MOUNTAIN SHEEP. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 11 BY 5½ INCHES. OSBORN RUIN.] [Illustration: PL. 3 FIG. 1.—BIRD A. RED AND WHITE WARE. 9 BY 4 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN. FIG. 2.—BIRD B. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 10 BY 5 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN.] [Illustration: PL. 4 FIG. 1. BIRD C. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 10 BY 5½ INCHES. OSBORN RUIN. FIG. 2. BIRD F. RED AND WHITE WARE. DIAMETER 8 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN.] [Illustration: PL. 5 FIG. 1.—PROBLEMATICAL ANIMAL. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 15 BY 6 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN. FIG. 2—PROBLEMATICAL ANIMAL. RED DECORATION. OSBORN RUIN.] [Illustration: PL. 6 FIG. 1.—GRASSHOPPER. RED FIGURE. DIAMETER 5 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN. FIG. 2.—FROG. DIAMETER 10 INCHES. OSBORN RUIN.] [Illustration: PL. 7 FIG. 1. FROGS AND BIRDS. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. DIAMETER ABOUT 12 INCHES. OLDTOWN RUIN. FIG. 2. FISHES. BLACK AND WHITE WARE. 11 BY 4½ INCHES.] [Illustration: PL. 8 GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS. DIAMETER ⅐ NATURAL SIZE] FOOTNOTES: [1] In a letter to Professor W. H. Holmes, published in his paper, “Flint Implements and Fossil Remains from a Sulphur Spring at Afton, Indian Territory,” Mr. A. R. Graham gives an instructive account of cleaning out the Faywood Hot Springs where he found the following relics: (1) parts of skulls and bones of several human beings; (2) over fifty spearheads and arrowheads of every shape and style of workmanship, the spearheads being valuable for their size and symmetry; (3) nine large warclubs made of stone; (4) a large variety of teeth of animals as well as large bones of extinct animals; (5) the most interesting relics are ten stone pipes from four to seven inches in length; (6) flint hatchet and a stone hammer, together with stones worn flat from use; beads made of vegetable seed and bird bones; part of two Indian bows with which was found a quiver in which was quite a bunch of long, coarse black hair that was soon lost after being dried.—Amer. Anthrop., n. s., vol. 4, pp. 126, 127.