Two Types of Southwestern Cliff Houses (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Fewkes, J. Walter  (1850-1930)

Publisher: United States Government Printing Office (Washington, D.C.)

Pub Date: 1921

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Poor to Fair.  Ex-library (twice).  Stapled binding tight, but wearing.   Library markings on upper front cover corner.  Library stamp on bottom edge title page.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 1/8″ tear that will finish off that corner if you’re not careful (see photo).  Lots of edge and corner wear.

Notes: Pamphlet.  Offprint.  Smithsonian Publication 2609.  Originally published in the Smithsonian Report for 1919.  “Taking, then, the circular form of the kiva as a characteristic feature, we may say that the southwestern cliff house has two forms: one with a kiva with a domed roof, the other with a flat roof; one constructed of regular horizontal, the other of irregular horizontal masonry;..” (Page 424).