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Show 12 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY Almost all of the large communal houses are found on the tops of high mesas, far above the valleys. There were very many small rooms in all of these ancient edifices. The masonry varied greatly in material, sometimes being of limestone, at other times of sandstone, and often of lava rock. Each large house had its kivas, and watchtowers for defense were frequent. The walls of the buildings were from three to five feet in thickness. They were plastered with ry psum and painted with red or yellow ochre. The successive stories of the large buildings were reached by ladders. These great buildings, from their lofty sites, commanded magnificent views of the surrounding canyons. The School of American Archeology at Santa Fé, New Mexico, has lately made a systematic excavation of a ruin of one of the ancient pueblos of the Rio Grande valley, the Pu-yé. This is the second ruin in the United States to be scientifically treated + o. The 1. 2. 3. ae hae 7 bey >or ~~ Leesa with a view to its permanent IV. Oo The l. - preservation as a national monument.® The Pecos Pueblo district. The Gran Quivira district. The Jemez district. The Acoma district. San Juan Basin: The Aztee district. The Mesa Verde district. The Chaco Canyon district. The Canyon de Chelly district. The Bluff district. Little Colorado Basin: The Tusayan district. The Flagstaff district. The Holbrook district. The Zufi district. Gila Basin: The Rio Verde district. The San Carlos district. The Lower Gila district. The Middle Gila district. The Upper Gila district. The San Francisco River distr ict.’? 6 Hewett, Dr. Edgar L., Archeology of the Rio Grande Valley, Papers School of American Archeology of the , number 4, The Excavations at Pu-yé, Mewico, in 1907: New **Pu-yé: assembling place of cotton-tail rabbits. Pu yé, to assemble, to meet. cotton-tail rabbit; The w ord Pu-yé must not be confused with Puye, buck-skin. ‘* At first, determined oppos ition to the excavation of the ruins at Pu-yé was offered by the Indians from n arest Tewa village, Santa away in the Rio Grande valleythe , on whose reservation the site Clara, ten miles governor, head men and repre is located. The sentatives of the caciques, or religious rulers were met in council and the whole matter frankly laid before them. It was ex- Doorway ltl 8 ied eee oe Be bt 7s te or ed wBihiad ve 4 af os ye § ee onl | ee epee pis of Cavate Dwelling |
