Chapter I: Front Matter

INDIANS OF THE MESA VERDE

DON WATSON

_Mesa Verde Museum Association_
_Mesa Verde National Park_
_Colorado_

LITHOPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY
CUSHING-MALLOY, INC., ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN, 1953

CONTENTS

Part One
PEOPLE OF THE MESA VERDE
1. Echoes of the past 3
2. Discovery 9
3. Life in ancient times 29
4. Spring 39
5. Summer 77
6. Autumn 97
7. Winter 117
8. The end of the story 133

Part Two
THE ARCHEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
9. Origin of the American Indian 141
10. Archeology of the Mesa Verde 155

ILLUSTRATIONS

Cliff Palace Frontispiece
North rim of the mesa 5
Rugged canyons of the Mesa Verde 5
Two-Story Cliff House 15
Cliff Palace, a busy city 35
Life in a cliff dwelling 41
Black-on-white pottery 51
Decorated and corrugated jars 55
Old men sit in the sun 67
A busy afternoon 67
Modern Indian cornfield 79
Farming terraces 79
Bone and stone tools 87
Corn drying on the roofs 101
The man who cut the log too short 101
Interior of a kiva 111
A kiva roof 111
Basket Maker mummy 127
A typical burial 127
Visitors entering Balcony House 147
An ancient style show 163
Basket Maker cradle 175
Pueblo cradle board 175
Small, high cliff dwellings 185