Mancos canyon, cliff ruins in 81 Masonry deteriorated by plastering 161 -- of cliff houses 95, 98, 101, 102, 104, 128, 136, 137, 140, 142, 143, 144, 148, 149, 150, 159, 197 --, rude, in cliff houses 132, 151 --, _see_ Chinking; Mortar; Walls. Matthews, Washington, on Navaho traditions regarding cliff ruins 191 Mesa Verde, cliff ruins of 81 Moen-kapi, a Hopi summer village 92, 156 Monument canyon, location of 85 Moran, Thomas, Canyon de Chelly ruins visited by 80 Mortar, character of, in cliff house 127, 140, 160 --, source of, in cliff-house building 126 --, _see_ Masonry; Plastering. Mummy Cave ruin, benches and buttresses in 177 -- described 81, 112 --, kiva in 176 Navaho, agriculture of the 81 --, building material from cliff dwellings used by 154 -- burials in cliff villages 109, 110, 115, 117, 130, 132, 134, 138, 142, 148, 150, 152, 158, 167-170, 197 -- burials, _see_ Cists. --, cliff ruins utilized by 96, 104, 152 --, expedition against the 79 -- granaries in cliff ruins 97 -- house sites in Canyon de Chelly 87 -- houses, sites of 152 --, peaches cultivated by the 88 -- structures in cliff dwellings 140 -- tradition of cliff dwellings 191, 198 -- trails in Canyon de Chelly 157 -- walls in cliff outlooks 152 New Mexico, _see_ Cliff dwellings. Niches in kiva walls 178 Nordenskioeld, G., cliff ruins classified by 92 --, cliff ruins described by 81 --, on an oval kiva 177 --, on chimney-like structures 188, 189 --, on kiva decoration 181 --, on Mesa Verde masonry 163 --, on openings in Mancos ruins 165 Nutria, a Zuni summer village 92, 156