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    The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348
    The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348
    The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348
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    The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348

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      The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348 - Cosmos Mindeleff

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      Title: The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891

      Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the

      Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94,

      Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348

      Author: Cosmos Mindeleff

      Release Date: January 10, 2006 [EBook #17488]

      Language: English

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      THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN, ARIZONA, IN 1891

      BY

      COSMOS MINDELEFF

      CONTENTS

      Index items in italics were added by the transcriber.

      In the printed text, the full-page Plates (unpaginated) were interleaved with the body text. The List of Illustrations gives the number of the facing page. In this e-text, Plates have been moved to section breaks to minimize disruption.

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN

      By Cosmos Mindeleff

      INTRODUCTION

      In March, 1889, an appropriation of $2,000 was made by Congress for the repair of Casa Grande ruin in southern Arizona. This amount was insufficient for complete restoration, but under the authority of the act of Congress making the appropriation some work was done. Partly as an aid to further possible work, and partly that there may be an available record of what has been done for the benefit of future students of American archeology, this report is presented.

      A full description of Casa Grande has been given by the writer in a published memoir¹ on that ruin, hence only a brief account will now be necessary to aid in making the present report intelligible. Following this description is a statement of the condition of the ruin in 1891 and of the plans formed for its repair, the

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