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100 1 _aFewkes, Jesse Walter,
_d1850-1930
245 1 0 _aPrehistoric villages, castles, and towers of southwestern Colorado
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aSmithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, bulletin 70.
500 _aRelease date is 2022-11-09
508 _aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Prehistoric Villages, Castles, and Towers of Southwestern Colorado" by J. Walter Fewkes is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the archaeological findings and historical significance of ancient structures in southwestern Colorado, detailing the cultural history of the Cliff-dwellers and Pueblos prior to recorded history. It aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the villages, towers, and castles found in the region, offering insight into their architectural styles and the civilization that constructed them. At the start of the book, Fewkes sets the scene by discussing the contributions of archaeology to the understanding of human cultural development. He highlights the importance of southwestern Colorado, where unique forms of architecture were developed before the arrival of Europeans. Fewkes explains that his purpose is to share observations gathered from fieldwork conducted in 1917 and 1918, focusing on various ruins, such as Surouaro and Goodman Point. He introduces the idea of classifying different types of structures, including villages and cliff-dwellings, and emphasizes the need for further investigation to comprehend the complexities of this ancient culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Smithsonian Institution, 1919
653 _aPueblo Indians -- Antiquities
653 _aColorado -- Antiquities
653 _aMesa Verde National Park (Colo.) -- Antiquities
830 0 _aSmithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, bulletin 70.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69319
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