Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-18
FIND PREHISTORIC RUINS
MESA VERGE PARK HOLDS
SECRETS OF AGE-OLD RACE
Excavation aud Rcpnir Weyk II Done
= to Increase EducHtiut;t Value
y of Ancient Structures.

." WASlIiNGToN Jan. io--'ro mee;
the demand for information. regarding
OF the Mesa Earde National park the
bureau OF American EthnoloSy OF tho
T Snisin On 'h 9S ms jnSi issu@n
colorado, by Dr., j. walter 2lVa'" TewRes,
The Mesa Verde National Park was
tcroatod FOR the preservation CT its
wonderful prGhistor'c cliff houses aud
cooperation WITH the DcpartmcTii OF
the Interior has done much b. the OK.
ilents to increase their educational in :.
rortanae., The bureau, III ordc. TO mako
S !,,,;yl the matHro OF tia, work. IS
.o,. these monuments and ,heir hui!d.
I Long known to Cowboys.
h Most Of INC buildings described in
ito cowboys aud sheep mcn. and lnany
u have been described by archacolos!sts
Z but this knowledgr Is local or scattered
nurpose Of The bulletin TO coilcc, tits
how the relation of towers. cas, les. and
s+"ther ROMANS 10 the %rc;st clim build
! ingS Of the aicsa Verde National i'irk,
~ The three questions usually asked by
Visitors 10 tho clin houses Of our south
west age: Milo were, the builders,
Mhe9 lid 'hSy ivy ana wiIt heGa,no
,hey pygnics--is easy to answer. Tor
Ike s,j9 re y ln9| W., m Mn yrI 81
in our museums. aud while they show
that III. cIT dwelic;s were i small
pcoplc, they were not py;,!lics
The. widespread belief tina, ii,cy wcrc
pyemies very naturally arose from tho
small sizc ut the dVorways aud rVom9
OF elm dwellings,, but small rooms are
20, sufficient oydymce Of a himinutive
size Of their inhabitants The origin
antiquity ana fate OF tic ancient peo-
4, MsE.t ar. lie -
"t scieutif', inVcs, iEatiVn aud no nrchc-
CioSlsi can %cl t.Nn - decided vIini"n
these questions IS. however, yearly ac-
cumu!atjn.: and the bulletin above
mentioned furnishes important data.
histories Are silent.
y historical Documents are silent re
Sa-diuS ~" people Who coustructcd
ihcsc buildings lie student IS obliged
from the building. and ihs bouseHo!d
ana other implements buried IN the
charlctcrs - shown 10y nun.nies or
THIS bulletin treats csneciq,ly Of
have In buildings I'm index OF soci;'i
Hi1g ;mi ThT ei'%r3Gier's,iss Of an
race b. their monuments. The socIs'
lie of a people. 40 lcss- 'G"n tho nbii-
ity OF ancient work err. may thus pr
tuatr hablta.IoIs. A comparison Of
different tIprSr buiiti- ~ INC same poo
RE tells the StorS&!SSL ltre evolution OF
me complex sraHS aiti,Rle!..t,prs
TIE lowcpi type or y ain is one OF
ire most, nlctutcsaa eg fs,ripa OF p,'eh,..
TOLL buildings ioilbpf tSeSM,hweat. We
ind them II, many. tipSsns and situa
in valleys shiit in uNa swIiraF They may
pc etrG"lsS y gq,H 5smiIe!rGnIar
one or many 81 or1es high. Ilovcn-
weep Castle, the heyt-preseryed build
ing mentioned IN :thc reMtIt Calls VI
IDLY 10 nisll isQlilc aucicqt castle Of
medieval f:s;iDpe.,. Il Ia Oyer - feet
HSh, ana .!ronl@,onc poiht OF View
SHOWS tho soriU trslai when buiit. rs
the sky ii:.ns. nrn 3 c ay3i;act
Used Huge Stoncsiip Bni,dinE.
irs!hstnr, SStlsi ,ii,Y 4, se-ssde q hug
gion oomsdtroi, we're afescribed oven
bulletin that before tne -preh!stnric-.i,.-
hahitants % the region constructed
buildings with horizontal masonry IN
which individual stones were labori-
Dusty fitted. thcy buiiJ structures az
nuEc s;ones set on edge, some OF
which sti!l stand IN lire az high as
one $ head. These were built before
The builders had dcveioped The skili
SHOWN In later constructions.
There Is a complete graduation from