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Show xrv BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY between the Tusayan and Zuni groups of pueblos, this ruin has for a number of years been a problem to investigators in this field; but the researches of Dr Fewkes show quite conclusively that the art remains unearthed resemble more closely those of Halona, Heshotauthla, and other ancient Zuni villages than those of the prehistoric pueblos of Tusayan. Excavations were conducted in the cemetries, as well as in the ruin of the village, and in each an interesting collection of pottery and of bone and stone implements was unearthed. Fully satisfied with the results at this point, Dr Fewkes returned to the railroad, and from Holbrook proceeded to the vicinity of Pinedale, near the northern border of the White Mountain Apache reservation, where another interesting collection of objects was made. Although the ruins from which they were recovered are more remote from the present Tusayan villages than are those of Kintiel, they are more closely similar in form and in symbolic decoration to ancient Tusayan art products than are the specimens obtained from the latter place. Excavations were next conducted in some interesting ruins about four miles west of Snowflake, which, like those of Pine-dale, were hitherto unknown to archaeologists. Researches at this point extended over a period of a fortnight, being conducted both in the house ruins and in the cemeteries north and southwest thereof. An unusually large collection of fictile ware, as well as a very interesting but smaller collection ot bone, stone, and shell objects, was here obtained. By the middle of August Dr Fewkes returned with his party to Holbrook and proceeded thence to the Tusayan villages, where he made observations supplementary to those conducted in previous years in connection with the Snake dance and related ceremonies. During September Dr Fewkes visited that part of the upper Gila valley called Pueblo Viejo, and examined certain ruins in that region which were discovered and described by Emory and Johnston in 1846. He conducted archaeological work in mounds near Solomonville and San Jose de Pueblo Viejo, and collected several hundred objects from these localities. These ruins were found to bear close architectural resemblance to |