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Show UTAH CLIFF DREWLERS ! SUBJECT OE ARTICLE By Aaaoclated Pre, a. DENVKR. Oct. 14. J. Walter Fewked of this city ha laaued a pamphlet through the Bmlthsmrlan Institution In-stitution on the yarlous forms of architecture ar-chitecture found In the cliff ruins of southwestern Colorado and southeast ern I'tah. He has been connected with the development of the cliff ruins In these sections for many years. He finds In general that there are five classes of towers constructed by the long forgotten race. Apparently the cliff dwellers, like other races, developed devel-oped their buildings from the simple to the complex, according to his investigations. investi-gations. The plain lowers found so , often among the ruins are the simplest forms. They vry both In nd height, some of them being three stories. Tha bent examples, says Mr. Fewkes; are found in the Hovenwee district, where the buildings ara in a fine state of preservation. In Yellow Jacket canyon, In southwestern south-western Colorado. Is found a further development of the tower. Here the towers are divided Into rooms by means of Mpne partitions. They were not used re habitation, but for gathering gath-ering places. The second clsas of towers, described hy Mr. Fewkes. comprises the circular buildings surrounded hy rectangular ! I rooms. Horseshoe house, which Is to j lbs found In Bridges canyon, 1n Utah, i he says. Is a good example of the third class. It Is built of two concentric, ' circular wails having radial partitions I between them. The fourth class consists of sn elaboration elab-oration of the round rooms surrounded by rectangular rooms. This type Is the nucleus of the pueblo or cliff city. The last type described by Mr. Kewkes Is the highest form of architecture attained at-tained by the Indian In the I'nlted States. It is a combination of the Pueblo units and the high tower. These were falling Into disuse even before Kuropeans set foot In the country, says Mr. Kewkes. |