Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 92.djvu/197

 the Cliit Uwellings ot Uur rrehistonc Ancestors:'

���A cliff dweller's house. Dis- coveries in this region have been remarkable. Two brothers out hunting stray cattle, once pene- trated through dense scrub to a canon's edge. There, in the opposite cliff before their aston- ished eyes, lay a whole city. The dry air had preserved it well through the thousands of years

��What remains of the large vil- lage of Puye, in the Frijoles Canon, in New Mexico. This is one of the most interesting and picturesquely located of the many prehistoric ruins on the Mesa (plateau). The small holes supported timbers used for porches. The region round- about abounds in curios

��181

�� �