The House of the Great Kiva at the Aztec Ruin (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Morris, Earl H. (1889-1956)

Publisher: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (Tucson, AZ)

Pub Date: 1996 (reprint edition)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Slight scuffing to front cover.  Lower rear cover has a small sticker shadow.  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Reprint edition.  Originally published in the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXVI, in 1921.  “The House of the Great Kiva was used by the group of Chaco Cañon derivation as long as they continued to reside in the pueblo, and after their departure it was taken over and occupied by the newcomers from the Mesa Verde.  It is altogether probable that as the result of a period abandonment, the structure had fallen somewhat into decay, and in rehabilitating it the mesa Verde masons became responsible for the miserable workmanship of which the secondary walls are eloquent.”  (Page 30)