Show 0 prehistoric DWELLINGS casat dmd cf afi e or Arlson ii the only i acnes ur or n va people throughout our great atit rt it i e st are arc hundri till of ruined catts c isis rind and vacant caves whose ilnia t allrand alL sand rough hew hev if 11 tones stones nrc are the only hil history tory vie ie havu vu of art 1111 carl arl y people ewe tile oldest of tile the In dilua with traditions extending bick back gen en trat orations ions know of tit ilni builders ol of thase e oll old bione and allabe walls Conc concern crry Z 1 7 cwi wwi 7 aj Z 7 I 1 Z z y 77 I 1 X X 7 1 M azy 7 Y I 1 Z va f F I 1 E C 1 G CAVE dar lian ON till VERDE tug ing ome some i oft of bese ancient RIL lent dwellings it a col respondent ref of science writing front from arl yona gives rie the following facts fact in ill the tile lie verde liver not fir far front froni the now abandoned tort fort find on an the live hills tire many old ruins alie ik of alie riter and ol 01 it its linca with mayris A tide lida 0 of f se veral mile salons creek a tribu tary t iry brinas one to high cliffs extending a hur alred or mote moio feet fett alove the writers waters of 0 the creek lit the llie perpendicular ir walls walis of one of the alie c cliffs is it 11 11 preci ed known castle it I 1 is mid any fly between tilt nin of I 1 the lie cliff and till the bed of the ibe stream and is 14 neither house nor hilt but a of the two not from tie the summit uni mit of the cliff it fail an only be readied reached from below mid and even hire riot not without the use of a ladder lidd cr which if short mut lie pulled up from one ledge to another anut lier in ili snaking the ascent the en ell tire front is or of arti artificial facial walls built of large flit flat pieces of lime bonc with oper opening fing lacre and there for doors and windows the rooms boorn wv small only about five fire ctet to ceiling Genc generally ridly it a small opening two or t three reet feet in diameter joins join A one room witly with another wind und a imil orifice in ili the ceiling gives glehs aci es 10 lo the roo rooms ry Is it above iov 0 tile 1100 rs are molly of nit flat tones stones supported ted on oil tim till tier her cut front the surrounding rounding ur mountains more numerous thin than the c casi ca ass s i and nn ildia cliff rubus are the many DIRDY caves catch excavated front from the sandstone and limestone dill cliffs s along tile lie east link lank of the river at a dis distance tonce the openings into tile t lie caves care look like beitf black k spots on oil the white cliffs they are arranged in ili long i lows tier above tier find are ficai ly alike in ili structure all are arc mote e or les ICS irl inaccessible accessible froni from the valley below the entrance esary is an ine in gular arched opening about roar four feet high and from froin half to two thiraia es e s wide tile tho cave care proper ts is 13 Z z Z m avy I 1 I 1 ZY V Z 1 I 1 j I Z C Z Z Z Z ji ZV 7 Z I 1 71 11 71 Z i i I 1 I 1 1 I A CI cioff IFF WO OS ON till COLORADO about twellie fret feet its in diameter fall and frony from four to hix feet to the the loom is mote moie or IMS in outline A rock bench from twelve to eighteen tactics inches high occupies 1 lie vs eon all 1111 bides erupt at the ell tranae the rite bench I 1 is about thre feet wide and antly slopes toward the center orthe of alie room into the cone cc at elther either side mile and also frequently at it the llie rear aro arf hru aller anes front froin three to lo five reet in ili eter about I 1 thu he alme to the ceiling the flit dia ithram it KrAm ram klows the floor plan or of one of these caves cave the line A 11 representing tile filet of the cliff C C lateral lt teral ca caes ell I 1 I 1 main cave P I 1 rock reek bench beis cli 1 small cavity hollowed in the sock near the ent c 11 rock of if din the rite necona depre a type of prehistoric dwelling alonz along the oaid ad banyon of the Colo Color rii LIO 0 o river the dia diagram granit bhola chow i vertical section through it a large horizontal hon A li 11 line ting the fice of the LIM C G included room 1 I mill 11 of maoury |