Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN, ARIZONA, IN 1891

BY

COSMOS MINDELEFF

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CONTENTS

Introduction 321 Description of the ruins 321 Condition of Casa Grande in 1891 323 Plans for the repairs 325 Execution of the work 326 Reservation of the land 330 Specimens found in the excavations 330

Exhibits 333
I. Contract for repairing and preserving
Casa Grande ruin, Arizona 333
II. Plans and specifications for the preservation
of the Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, 1891 335
General requirements 335
Clearing out the debris 335
Underpinning walls 336
Filling in openings 336
Bracing 336
Wire fencing 337
Roof 337
III. Plans and sections 337
IV. Oath of disinterestedness 338
V. Bids 338
VI. Indorsements 339
VII. Report of Mr H. C. Rizer 340

Supplement 344
Correspondence and report relating to the condition
of Casa Grande in 1895, with recommendations concerning
its further protection 344
I. Letter of Reverend Isaac T. Whittemore, custodian
of Casa Grande, to the Secretary of the Interior,
recommending an appropriation for further
protecting the ruin 344
II. Indorsement of Mr Whittemore's letter by the Acting
Secretary of the Interior 344
III. Letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of
American Ethnology to the Secretary of the
Interior suggesting an examination of Casa Grande
with a view of its further protection 344
IV. Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior
to the Director of the Bureau of American
Ethnology approving the suggestion that Casa
Grande be visited with a view of determining the
desirability of its further protection 347
V. Letter of the Director of the Bureau of American
Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior
regarding the examination of Casa Grande by
Mr W J McGee 347
VI. Report of the Director of the Bureau of American
Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior on the
examination of the condition of Casa Grande by
Mr W J McGee, with a recommendation concerning
its further protection 348

ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate CXII. Map of the Casa Grande group 321
CXIII. Ground plan of Casa Grande ruin 322
CXIV. General view of Casa Grande 325
CXV. Interior wall surface 326
CXVI. West front of Casa Grande showing blocks of masonry 329
CXVII. Plan showing ground-level erosion, tie-rods,
limits of work, and lines of ground sections 330
CXVIII. East-and-west ground sections 333
CXIX. North-and-south ground sections 335
CXX. South front of the ruin, showing underpinning
and ends of tie-rods 337
CXXI. View from the southeast before the completion
of the work 339
CXXII. Suggested plan of roof and support 340
CXXIII. Section through _A-B_ of roof plan,
showing suggested roof support 343
CXXIV. Section through _C-D_ of roof plan,
showing suggested roof support 345
CXXV. Map showing location of Casa Grande reservation 346

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THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN

By Cosmos Mindeleff

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