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MOST OF MESA VERDE'S TRAVEL IS BY MOTOR
Photograph by John P. Dods
NAVAJO WEAVERS COME TO THE PARK TO TRADE
Photograph by John P. Dods
THE NATURAL SCENERY
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK is in the extreme southwestern corner of Colorado and is reached from the rail points of Mancos, Colorado, and Gallup, New Mexico, by motor stage or private automobile. The finest of the scenic mountain highways of Colorado invite the motorist visiting this area, and the highway from Gallup across the Navajo Indian Reservation is excellent.
Apart from the ruins the country is one of spectacular beauty and weird charm. As one ascends the mesa tremendous expanses of the diversified terrain of the adjacent corners of the States of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona come into view—the snow covered La Platas, San Juans, and Ricos, of Colorado; the La Sals and Blues of Utah; the Carrizos of Arizona, and the Lukachukais, Tunichas, and Chuskas of the Navajo Reservation of New Mexico, with the great monolith of Shiprock, fifty miles distant, basking in the foreground, like a windjammer under full sail.
original photo not displayed in online edition due to
the presence of a funarey object
TYPICAL SKULLS OF PREHISTORIC MAN FOUND IN THE MESA VERDE
The use of an unpadded cradle-board in childhood flattened
the rear of the skull, giving unusual breadth to the face. Nordensköld
concludes that the race was fairly robust, with heavy skeletons and strong
muscular processes. The facial bones are well developed and lower jaw heavy.
Photography by J.L. Nusbaum
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