Project Gutenberg 2006-11-06 Public domain in the USA. 318 Mindeleff, Cosmos 1863 The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 E-text prepared by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from psge images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) (http://gallica.bnf.fr/) "The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona" by Cosmos Mindeleff is an archaeological and ethnological study written in the late 19th century. This work explores the rich history and structural remains of the ancient pueblo culture, specifically focused on the significant cliff ruins found in Canyon de Chelly. Mindeleff delves into the history of exploration in this remote region, as well as the geographical and architectural factors that influenced the settlement patterns of the ancestral Puebloans. The opening of the text introduces the reader to the setting of Canyon de Chelly, which has been largely undocumented due to its inaccessibility and location in the heart of Navaho territory. Mindeleff recounts early explorations and the conjectures about the canyon's monumental cliff dwellings made by various explorers. He highlights the importance of Lieutenant J. H. Simpson's observations from a military expedition in the mid-19th century, which laid the groundwork for future archaeological understanding of these sites. The author emphasizes the complex interplay between the geography of the canyon and the village sites, indicating a profound connection between the natural landscape and the ancient inhabitants' lifestyles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Arizona -- Antiquities Cliff-dwellings -- Arizona Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities E011 Text Archaeology Native America Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: History - American Category: History - American Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 464875 2025-06-08T11:20:06.190990 text/html 453908 2006-11-06T16:30:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3609827 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3630344 2025-06-08T11:20:32.143860 application/epub+zip 3625191 2025-06-08T11:20:16.288955 application/epub+zip 206743 2025-06-08T11:20:09.232965 application/epub+zip 7386750 2025-06-08T11:20:38.864860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7358094 2025-06-08T11:20:24.889882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292294 2022-09-09T10:51:53.265833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351988 2025-06-08T11:20:03.741969 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 351537 2021-01-01T13:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113482 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 351582 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113377 2021-01-01T13:47:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21754 2025-06-08T11:20:39.063824 application/rdf+xml 15434 2025-06-08T11:20:09.926971 image/jpeg 3520 2025-06-08T11:20:09.591959 image/jpeg 3658924 2025-06-08T11:20:06.578958 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia