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Identifier: smithsonianmisce821931sm (find matches)
Title: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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800 square miles. The land ranges from about 8,000feet elevation on the south to 5,000 feet at the Little Colorado on the■north. Vegetation varies from heavy pine timber in the high altitudesto treeless expanses in the lower regions. Both ruins investigated lie inthe southern timbered part of the drainage area. (See map, fig. i.) SHOWLOW RUIN Showlow ruin is located about 55 miles south of Holbrook inShowlow, Navajo County, Arizona (fig. i). It is situated on a lowelevation marginal to a narrow valley formed by Showlow Creekwhich lies less than a quarter of a mile to the east. The surroundingcountry is thickly wooded with western yellow pine, several species ofjuniper, and oak. The proximity of the ruin to pine was one of thedetermining factors in its selection for this investigation, for the pre-cision and sensitiveness with which pine registers the passage of yearsby annual rings makes it the ideal timber with which to work in build- SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 82 k
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Contour Interval 1*00 feet Fig. I.—Showing location of Showlow and Pinedale ruins. From United States Geologi-cal Survey map, Holbrook sheet, Arizona. NO. II PUEBLO RUINS IN ARIZONA HAURY AND HARGRAVE 9 ing up a tree-ring chronology. The accessibility of pine caused muchof it to be incorporated into the roof structures of the pueblo. Hencerich returns of wood either in the normal state or charred could beexpected. The ruin is first mentioned in literature by Mr. A. F. BandeHerwho examined it briefly in April, 1883, during his extensive survey ofruins in the Southwest. His description of the site is as follows : .... The ruin .... is that of a communal pueblo consisting of two houseswith one circular estufa. The walls are 0.20 m. (about 8 inches) thick, built ofsandstone, and only the foundations remain. Situated on a rise above a fertilebottom, this pueblo occupied a good position both for agriculture and defence. In July, 1901, Dr. Walter Hough, Director of the Museum-GatesExpediti

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