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One of two 1949 circulars sent to all National Park Service Region Three Superintendents regarding various archeological topics and questions concerning the region. Brief histories and classifications for Ancestral Puebloans such as the Anasazi and Sinagua are included

Reed, Erik K.

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Great Sand Dunes National Park Colorado National Parks 
1949 Archeological Circular No.1 of National Park Service Region 
Three 
Erik K. Reed 
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1949 Archeological Circular No.1 of National Park Service Region Three

In this learning session, the first group of recipients of the 2023-2024 Assessment Mini Grants (Ginny Juang & James Gambrell, Mikay Elliott & Meg DuBray) will share their projects and findings

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Mesa Verde National Park Colorado National Parks 
July 2024 
Archaeological Work in Mesa Verde Park 
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1tchaeof ogical Work • ,n Mesa Verd Pa'
,J;.. 1'';• ' .. ,,- -." • '"'P'~"'",.' • ft I k1va .. i: This 1·uin has been 
:· pottery dlgg~rs and vr, 
EXPLORING THE RUINS AND RECOVERING TOOLS AND 
SETTLED 'COUNTRY MAINS FROM A ONCE TH I CKL Y 
THE CLIFF DWELLERS~ 
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OF 
I, yt'ars, but their find s 1, . ; con fined to tbe upper 'I largest finds . were mac 
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mounds where digging ls 
. tery the most abundant 
i remains. 
1 The first few room~ 
· forth very little outside 
tools, a stone ax and 
with _ many manos and -r 
grinding their grain. · \", 
in ·the lower · west end 
proceeded across the lo 
level was found to conta 
faring widely In details, 
uniform. In one kiva i 
altar or flrescreen was 1 
nected witt, both sides , 
·something never seen be 
str11ctlon. The middle : 
wa.s connected to the or 
, side by a walled passag 
' tar phase of constructioz I f pre. These kivas ai·e 
the masonry being part 
uniform, and superior to 
in Mesa Verde. The 1 
each case had fall en a 
were filled wlth dirt anc 
of some six or eight ! , 
Jn these much was fo 
man skeletons. many a x 
stont~s used in the dlff• 
j bone awls , several fine n I bowls and many fra. 
1 
which were set up alma 
' , The upper part of the I vated next and two mor 
; covered. Each added I 
1 being made a few m ore 
' fied kiva, very p eculiaI 
Boulder t--f ouse, In Mesa Verde ,National Park . . . 
BY JESSE L. NUSBA.Ultl. 
The work of the Colorado division ' of 
1.he Archaeological In!=!t!tute _of Ameri'ca 
on the Canon Ball · ruin in a small 
branch canon of the Yellow Jacket, whicli· 
is tributary to the Ma.in McElmo, was 
closed Aug, 1. • Altogethei· the results are 
Yery satisfactory. · 
'.rhe Canon Ball ruin is of the common 
_ .MeElmo type, sun·oundlng the head of 
• the canon on the rim rock. It is com-
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' r,osed o! two large divisions, . separated 
by a dry water course. '.rhe nOJ·th ruin 
Is much the larger of tlle two divisions 
I
I and as the appropriation would not cover 
, r,early all t.he work, it was decided that 
1 
t!1e south ruin was the one to work on . 
1 
'.1 h ~se ruins are not situated in a cave, 
• a s m the Mesa Ve rile na tional parlc, and 
l ~re e~posed to th e action of the elements 
! at_ a ll, times, h ence U1 eh· 11 oor stn.te of 
: J)Jeservatlon. Many walls of the ruin ni;e 
; standing ln part, but the main portion . 
I h a s fallen and appear!l more as a )111ge 
· '.rhe-•ruin, is now so- laid ._ open, that the 
. ti:avelt;:-.; ,cl¼~ .see, n~t ~he customary rock · 
pile w.tth w~l,1'!'1 prP,Jeo_tmg-, but the grouqd 
plan, _,t-he· kn as, tll~. roam central towe·::- · 
\h~ ~1:i:e_ and slrnpcf · qf: tiu, rooms, etc. 'l'he · 
1 um . can beeasil.),'. reached by the tourist 
1 
&-fld l~ well wort!'!- t_he trip. 'l'he D & R · 
li-, -ra1lro~d . ,viii take one to Mancos o ·. 
Dolores, . from there OilC stages it to col 
1.0z .. and from there talces tt1e Bluff c ·t 
sta.g·e to Holly's ranch. One can here ,!e~ 
accommod~tions .md sadd_le horses to 
0
go I 
to the rum, only a 4tl-mmute trip ·trom ; 
the ranch. Ruin and Holly canon, • with , 
their fmely preserve(} tov,ers and build- ! !n~s, smpe three stori_e~ ~1ig-h and perfec t, 
a1 t.: ull ,within a two tli,ur;; ' easy rlcle or ;' 
t~IC . ru.nch_, and M)·: Holly, who llus h\'e ll i 
ln the center of the Mc,t<.;lmo ruin for 1 
years, makes u most excellent g-ujoe. · : 
found on · the hill side be 
shape being due, no d 1 
causes, as large rocks , 
unable to move and the '" 
made the regular form 
In ail . some eight kiva 
one large circular tower. 
and the collection made 
about 30 stone axes and 
tools, seven skeleton, nea 
two ollas, 30 bowls and 
spear heads. several sto 
skinning knives. one hig1, 
large black sale and ma; 
cd stone. the use of w h 
well known. 
The excavation work w 
Mr. Sylvanus G. Morley 
Pa.. while camp mana~e1 
was taken care of by Dr 
Denver. part of the titn 
of the time bY Jess Nusb-. 
Mr. Morley was assisted 
?. ood of Boston. B. A . To2 
the Atlantic. Warner M 
Cambridge. Henry Morley 
Mr. Parson::i of New Yo 
Fritsch of Canada. 
The sprln~ at the ruin ! . 
or a cup full of poor. w" 
w a ter had to hfl packed 
nearlv · seven wll.:!S and -c 
than · stronger things do i 
costing at camp nearly 15 
! rnck pile wlth walls proJectlng here ,and 
• t_!~~re, -~g~eP~fS . t _ie . c/!c~l~1· , ~ o.11 P,t a 
As photogr;Jphe·r 'fpJ'. ML H e we tt in this i 
region, mr wor~ · \'.l,alTied me to all itie ~, 
prmclpal ntlns · a11d ·away trum tl w t .'X- f· 
p~o~·ect i·eg·lon.\j ~o c:;ncd arid fouud. une in 
pat ticular, l wish to mention, about :.'O ' 
miles fro1p Hol1~··::1 ranch in .tfov, .. n\veep , 
ca non, a :n1ln .· 'lu .whid1 tow have over · 
b een outsldp 0£ ll1ti cattle nH-, n or this ' 
1;1eqtio 11 .. , , . ' • i 1 • · ; -~ ,. ~"'~er:-WAflt'iitYt4iri@w-ri 
n e fiTet f ew r-~ ~ vat~ r-
f r>rtb VEfT Jltt1e ~c of se~l t ,.t",-tt 
tv.1ls. a st.i:::.e ax aL"d manl. t 'g-~~~e-r 
V1fb n:.aLT 02:.0S a.l:.d Dletatiii.s lJsed 
grinding e:.m g:rai;:J.. u-,-.tt.: was start{.~~ 
fn tl.e kJ• tt .--est eDid ol" ffic I'U.iD an~ 
t,r~ a.croar the lowt'S'.t t~ Tr~;'5 
J~ ~l 1fU f~ to co:.nt.ain fl.,~ ki..-as. .tt t-
t'erin g ~ ,in ~ bur in ~ tia ·~-
tmttonn. In ar.e iivA in particular. t ':(' 
aJ tar <.If ftr eat::Teei -,.-a.3 roilll~:ed a ~J l"'OH-
J"'ecte,d Witl~ oofh !i4e of' e:¤ k i~ wall. 
·..-,rr~,.. r..g ~er ~~'lrF< in kJn., ron-
"tructl® 7't,e ~ e k~ of this ,,,w 
W'M r:1J-tt~W to --e ,)n either 
~lde l ,y a .,.~ .. ~~':'.. a- ,tt~r s.ingu-
laA' ~ti~ ,,t ~ru..-~ n .... ,;-~r - ,t~ 
' 1<1re Tt,eee ttrs.s 31'1! •~n ~ •· m~ct~. 
the rr,a.<,rsr, t~ µ.1 ~'--u'-11", fin~ und 
I vt,i fr,m, 8~., ~""'T<\ -.., 1n-:: .;,• ,(' t1't> \V\, rf, 
tn M~..,; .~ .. tt- {;atiJo';""Q,\I ,•pof m 
@1J,ct, , sw,, t- f -jl · _.;, i;.-~f ~•• tl\ E) ,uYas 
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1 lntnq ,tJ \l1f' tl'-"lu,A> lt'>1 :J nttt• ,.,u,_. wt'\ot.i 
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'\\ tit C h "''' ft&. N :l "-,;J t.;. II•• 11t If!..•• t, 
Th (I Ht l}JC • ...... c--4 UI...- ct•H•~ \¥ JA • lf t• • • 
v .. 4 nd tn • \ ~•~•) I • c ti 1tri-J• •u,.. 1;c, <N tU'" 11 h ' 
II ( 10 \ c t \0(1 JL:.. ol ~l t."1'.t! L., ui« c;llll•c·tt, , J~ 
h c•ll\i nt1l/lt • h ¥ e;u.,.t« c-~cli \ hll llh 
tlf\\1 ~ b • , d1 ~min . .;t) i.f fl. ..-r*•·- Wa. ,, 
h t llttil dtl Uhl L-i ~-?l!r- e .. ,._. t~; ,u.in , U• 
.. h•A"° \ ,, • d ... , tu et, ,;J,l lk, n~eu,al 
Cl~ U~-. &~ .t t t.i..~~ ¥f!. .• d\. lh~ Wc:f t, 
,unab\,o h) tft',n -c- ~J t:k •4-~ , t Ulie ca.noa 
UUh\~ tb e ,-..:,~U'Jtt. 
j u llit U• <µ>, ft'MJ«tfi a.Aft 
tm~ lal'•-e t-U\....,.-1.hl., ewe ~a vaud 
and t h e ~ t ~"'!.hl!l ea& ts to~ .,d ot 
· &00\lt $.t~ Ui':ii a.n..i l!la.Dl:i. WI) bone 
! hli&ls_ ~ e-leton, l?el.rl. Y al. t .eomp-lete ; l 
i t,"O oUas. » oo.-ts a!!.d m.n~ four ttn.e 
I I s~r beads.. SID"n£ fldbrng and 
I Sktnning kniV'e$. one hi.:,-h.ly peli&hcd ; one laf'g'e bb.<.'.k sale a.nd ma.n y amall p0lf:sb-e,d s-toft:e-~ the U&e ot Yhirli is Mt very • ~ll known. -, '!'be eroavation work was in ebarg.e of 
1 t Mr. Sstva.nus G. M orley . of Swath more. 
Pa.. while camp rn:aoa!?r.men:1: ot tlnan<:-e 
""aS ta~ ea.re o1 b y Dr. A. :I. Fynn ot 2 
Den,~. pa.rt ot the ~ - and the rest 2 
<l.f tM tiine by J ea Nrusba.nm o f Gre,efey. t 
Mr. Morley was a.ssisted by Pa.al St.an- t 
1 • , ood o.f Boston.. B. A. T02:Zer !:rom aeroo I e 
• the A tlantiC'. W am.a :M.a.e Lau,gjllin ot. J a 
C'am.brirl:g,e. Henry M ll.rley o.t Swat:hmn-re, n 
- l llr-. Pa.rso.ns o.f New Yorlc. Hugo De- I a . ; l Fritseh ot Cam:da. . r The at: the ruin is ncnv a matter a. 
- ot & eup full o f poor. water a day and v_, 
- w-a te-.r had to b"'! in on OOf"Se!j f 1 
fte&rtv s.:>v en n,ilas a..n.d eo:st m.uch more a ! 
~• t han · st:ro.o.ger things do in som.e p ta.ees, er 
•:ns.cm,g ar ea.mp n-early 15 eents a gallon. lu 
,.-r,; "''4 ittl -, i " -.i.. :2. \ l -2 - 'l l 
• ..,, r;-:,-~ .. ~1-y g..-;. by t''.tt namt fr.:>rn 
r. Qt-W er.; T .t..e rom L-l srrnato.1 0"1 a rt.~~-
VR.:it ;.et'lli'~"l twu IltLllt!' s:id:e cal.OMS ou 
0-,f- ea.t:: ,s:}.j< c,f }foY':.d•f>F!il ei>~u«- This 
e-aiwn .is r eached trum H oi11-·s by .:r-ossi.ug 
u-~e R ome .mesa, op the Yellow Jack~_ to 
liigger aarl --o-p ~rgg.er w .llnln l~ e. 
t h" T}Ce Jnu, H o,eD-..;-t:e-µ a.no op a bout eve 
miles. Toe- poil1t is s.bc,icn i cta hign !lllc..i 
e,o.r~rs abQst 1, acres... At 1'irst U.:e point 
k><JM Hke a b ug c . r;JoC:k pile, 1:ri;;t a:S ,.m~ 
nears Jt, o-ae c::.:ui s.:::e walls cropµin.;; out 1 
here a od -U-,ete. and t.,y tln? oepr~uns. l 
note the klvaa.. Mr. Holl:r and I s tarted 
tt.> try to .sm -up tbe r uin a..nd dec:~ed tu I 
ootmt the k:iv a&. ~ 'e counted rorn~ :I in 
the wash t,e;uw t - - r11i'1 and we ea.eh I 
t/Jok a aide and -wr.,rk, '! up to .:h~ ;:op. ln 
.ovr ra tt,e:r h2Jtt rounr. we found a tota l , 
of b<ttter. than JiJ k1Yas. a. large n um ~r 
by tar th-a~ .agy ruitt to-.Jn-J so far to my 
k twvtle'1ge, T b& rri..81.r. ruin o.,.. ~n ;3 of the 
drn rock at the west e~ o-f rn<: poin t 
<hvers the rock to e ti "'-~.: ~: i t J Ll 
fµ 1,t With SV>n e aiJd tJ't• ;.;-.r':.s.~ -~ tlle 
, ulns ,,f 1¥3Vf:1 ;jJ ,tq-r~ I· <: .- l ... -"•~~"-
11 b l~ ~-t ~IJ U,-,;; t • .,-rl .,._. · ~.,. ·• l .. .,_ tt--'=~ 
, hl1J <JcJm lng "fH U t H .,. .. ;, • l n 1, ... 
1, h 11 •i>rel y l, '-'IJ~c.1 'l ~• ti c < , • 14~- . , ., l~ l 
m in, wtiMti a t t J • ,..,_ - r '"d . ~ ~, lfll~ 
r 1J h 1. ,. 
.At 11 w~~. l't-" \ i J"J} c; ,1 ~.:~ Gn~~,~~~ ph~,t 
' hf'P (! mn,o "''lfJttn '1 t,&U .., ' w .... , 
11•1·y hH,.;1, 'J w,, ,.,,. , •• &l''r. .t •o'"' ;,h\,. 
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.. II t hJn,. l(l hct hr .2 ~ - C : bl !t i~ !,o;cc: f "'ln 
11 «li u i.h:t~l" 11<, ,. c c-h-c, .. ,al rt....:: t4e• 
1winli ut l\U t, H, llf-::-"- · ·-= .!~ll.! 1 wl t h 
t 11u e l'lw d ~s )ls£ :-~L ...,, ~n.t.ku .. t!i 
c-1·1~, hut n~ '\"\ <' li d~ l'I-'-! u! w4ttf, .,:/) 
\I 1t,s f1,,1m hrunc> tl \ t-....il t->AJ~ntr , w1U1 
i~ ht t'Ulll in:: t lU~ "r J ;1 1 ru nut E, v !attr.tt 
ll t h u t\t1 lh)U . M ll}n l ot.. c . \.'.",u.a! D'Y tn.; 
H tlem~n Y ohk ~y lake. !.3 u ,w· P<1- tt14Jl / 
Ucd wi t h w ater aftc-t· rams. and ts the 
•mains vf one' o! t he a nci.-.?nt ~ ri. .. rage r E-S-
·voh-s. It is si tuat~i bui a h c.2.d:rtd yard.~ 
'um tho Maki La.k~ ruin. The lake st ill 
,~u·s thE, signs o! a splendid pLeee of rip-
ppin.g on the dam. 
l)ne thing in particular prompts me to · 
y a tew . words ab-Out the su pport given 
i s C<>U\1try by Colorado people. -W-hy wi11 
>lorado people £:,--pend their vacaporu; I 
tlt"~ little is to be gained and much lost, • 
l c-~ss t·n .the iSOUthwesrern pan of their I 
u ~ they ttav,e the finest sample or an · 
d ent eivHisation to be- found an;whe?'e. 1 
t~ niounnan. scenery, curious and p~- , 
rc's~ue §:andstone lorma11ons .. the great- I 
t natura.l . bri~ in e.xistanc-e., j ust j 
ross the -llne- tu · Utah and, a.no othc-r •' 
tuN..l phenomena whkh rival that ot 1 
ot:har districts,. Maj~ H_ M. Randolph, I 
permtendan ot tbe Mesa Verde Nath:m-
part._ Yr. Frank Wadleigh ot the Den-
r & Rio Grande. Charles B. Ke1Jey, out- j 
ter i o.r the ruins, o.r Jam-es H olJey, are 
!c to supply aayone conc C'mpla Ung a 1 ;) rn this seetion 'With a1J DffE--~sary 
c>wledgs., Inclu ding ~H1se estimates. ! 


Archaeological Work in Mesa Verde Park

News Article on efforts to preserve the Archeological efforts at Mesa Valle

Denver Republican Times

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Mesa Verde National Park Colorado National Parks 
July 2024 
Homes of Cliff Dwellers 
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the SUpeiYWOD 0.L -~-- • -- _ 
~lo liiurest:the ·w:a}ty-ot the Smllh-
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·that ~ be wm . be · IIQOCewtuL All of tbe 
~ , pre9ellt ·-at the meetinC la.st 
"emnc 'lun-e -nstted the coUDtl"Y below 
Durango-, aDd ea.ch p.Te what Information 
he ·coaJd to Kr. Sbatroth to use In passing 
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Pnfe!sor Pni1ic!'•Ctti:i' fnll f L~li•~ , 
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!3mflt1Mnlan Jn~11cuc~ and J-(4 U0Aal mu -
ltum. an er hnolac•• ot UUff'ftAlll)ft.&1 ,~pu-
laUoa. • •haef' ~llOt"tl,o of ntMli ot th• 
l\rtthtatort<' Am~rt("&D r&eN 19 ta111cu. ta ln 
the city a. t tbe St. Ja.mN.. A lt.housh Colo- 1 
ra do la so ri~h ln nun.a of \he ~lUf ~,rell-
'·n and, ttw>tt . are- ;mant ~ !-,p~te . ~~t-
lttUons· M'5\Je the nJuabl4' .tfte _C(!Il~:-, 
tlon ot · ~lies C;.Pm."~~tt~~e~ 1n the 
)outbw-estern .. ~rt ~ the atate_ Proteuor 
rren tk4 ~s:no\.'baen !n -~olorad~ ~fore. 
He la ~?ii~o:iM by ,tbe- authorlties ot 
\ It. ' • - - • .. .. 
t~{tJi.!il! .. (\.~ ~~fUll;l to~~ ~ch 1_cc,Jltt•~ 
t!ona'P, he '.,tbinb d~slrable._--,pd Jt la n-ot . . ,(_( .. .... .. ... .__.. ~ ._ -- .. 
~o!lkt~ but-\hat~t~ ~ !'somench 
l~d-'~~ bl~arti~~~-~ i<)~a~hlgton 
UN'\n "+h}i ~ftrm,,~¥"-1,i .... ~.l"-~ • ..t.·-• "! • ~ -
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·t .! ~ 11 ~-: ~n :.go·._ !O: litucos and c1Uf 
~hi~lt th~-~;•~ resemtlon, &nd m~y 
~ ~·~~~t'!); ~D~.-~ .~~~~tt:t 
SSl4 :.. _ · ·.MJ". bal"~ ~n told theN! is · a· .re=. 
n~rkab e··eonectlori of ,crur =-c1..i-ellet ute'n: 
~•~n<I -~oob'o,ri~i,y;eo~meniri llan:. 
COS _,.-ho .ta•e':partiet :don.;to ~the"ruiJlj'. I 
shu~~~~l~ ~~ak~_:_fi1~it~_e~~t ~ -stor: 
c}\a~.~~e1r, ~?~t!:o~' ~tJA:4:~~ r1 ~""~r: 
~ta.ndL lt ts th~ moc;t complete"irow 1n ex-
\stett"a~ contalrft5iev~ra.l~mi'thal han Mt-been -diii,llcafect•~ ~ ~ ~ ~~i';t ~ I 
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COLORADO'S CLIFF 6WEL(INGK'. ANO·. 
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_ reaolute women tn ;this state!1'.Ne~ .:." in -ie~st bu also ~n awakened ·in th, subject in Colorado and a number o! ne 'I' · views . of the clUf dwelltngs and a ta 1 · on the subject of .,thP. ruins : wlll be tn 1 eluded in the next~µmber of ~the Llbrar lecture course, to.obe·.;; .gtvenHo-mol"t'O\ - ~nigh~ at the East Denver Jltgh R<;hor butldmg. Sumner W, Matte~dn. ·=an enth 1: .: aiastlo photograp~r a.-n¢ .w~lma~ .,hr 
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