Prehistoric Indians of the SouthwestWormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie)
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Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest
Wormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie)
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities; Southwest, New -- Antiquities
The Grewe Site: Occasional Papers, No. 1, Los Angeles
Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles,
California.
Wormington, H. M.
(130) 1944. Ancient Man in North America, (Second Revised Edition):
Popular Series, No. 4, Colorado Museum of Natural
History, Denver, Colorado.
APPENDIX
Outstanding Exhibit-Sites, Modern Pueblos, Local Museums
by
ERIK K. REED
_Regional Archaeologist_
_National Park Service_
After reading about the prehistoric inhabitants of the Southwest many
people feel that they would like to visit the places where they lived,
examine examples of their ancient arts and crafts, and see their
present-day descendants. No description can produce the feeling that one
experiences when viewing the imposing ruins found in our National
Monuments and Parks. Even a short time spent looking at pottery and
other artifacts in a museum will give a far better idea of their
appearance than will photographs, drawings, or the most detailed
descriptions. A visit to a modern pueblo makes it possible to visualize
something of the life of bygone centuries and to think of the ancient
inhabitants of the area as living, breathing people rather than as
lifeless specimens. The following lists have been prepared in an effort
to help those who wish to visit the Southwest and to learn about its
people through their own experience.
I. OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES
The San Juan Anasazi Culture
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK.
Great cliff-dwellings and open pueblos of the Classic period. Pit-house,
mesa-top villages and cave remains of earlier periods, Modified
Basketmaker and Developmental Pueblo. One of the major foci of the
Anasazi culture of 300-1300 A. D., and the most accessible and
best-exhibited, interpreted by caravan-tours and an outstanding museum.
Paved entrance-road from Highway U. S.-160 between Mancos and Cortez,
Colorado. Lodge with adequate accommodations open May-October.
CHACO CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT.
The greatest concentration of open pueblo ruins in a valley floor,
another of the major foci of prehistoric Anasazi civilization. The
famous huge buildings, Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ketl, Pueblo del Arroyo,
etc.; a restored Great Kiva, an excavated Modified-Basketmaker village;
and innumerable small pueblo sites. Undeveloped museum. Very restricted
accommodations. In the middle of northwestern New Mexico, 64 miles north
of Thoreau (which is on Highway U. S.-66) and 64 miles south of Aztec,
New Mexico (on U. S.-550); 25 miles from nearest paved road (State 55,
Cuba to Bloomfield).
AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
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