02704cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000090010610000300011524502200014526400510036530000470041633600260046333700260048933800360051550000310055150802620058252012950084453400450213965300270218465300310221165300300224265300340227285600430230699900170234919723UtSlPG20260610133446.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE0111 aMindeleff, Cosmos,d1863-14aThe Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona :bSixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2006-11-06  aE-text prepared by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from psge images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) (http://gallica.bnf.fr/)  a"The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona" by Cosmos Mindeleff is an archaeological and ethnological study written in the late 19th century. This work explores the rich history and structural remains of the ancient pueblo culture, specifically focused on the significant cliff ruins found in Canyon de Chelly. Mindeleff delves into the history of exploration in this remote region, as well as the geographical and architectural factors that influenced the settlement patterns of the ancestral Puebloans.  The opening of the text introduces the reader to the setting of Canyon de Chelly, which has been largely undocumented due to its inaccessibility and location in the heart of Navaho territory. Mindeleff recounts early explorations and the conjectures about the canyon's monumental cliff dwellings made by various explorers. He highlights the importance of Lieutenant J. H. Simpson's observations from a military expedition in the mid-19th century, which laid the groundwork for future archaeological understanding of these sites. The author emphasizes the complex interplay between the geography of the canyon and the village sites, indicating a profound connection between the natural landscape and the ancient inhabitants' lifestyles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aArizona -- Antiquities  aCliff-dwellings -- Arizona  aChelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)  aPueblo Indians -- Antiquities40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19723  c61051d61051