has collapsed upon itself
Canada (cahn-YAH-dah) Spanish Wide shallow canyon
Chaco (CHAH-coh) Unknown A canyon in northwestern
New Mexico
Cochiti (COH-chee-tee) Indian A pueblo south of
Bandelier
Frijoles (free-HOH-less) Spanish Beans
Hopi (HOH-pee) Indian A pueblo Indian tribe
Jemez (HAY-mess) Indian A mountain range west of
Bandelier and an Indian
pueblo
Kiva (KEE-vah) Indian Ceremonial chamber or room
Mano (MAH-noh) Spanish Hand
Mesa (MAY-sah) Spanish Table; hence, a tableland
Metate (Meh-TAH-teh) Spanish A large grinding stone
from Aztec
Otowi (OH-toh-wee) Indian A ruin in Bandelier
Pajarito (PAH-hah-REE-toh) Spanish Little bird. The plateau
between Jemez Mountains
and the Rio Grande
Pueblo (Pooh-EB-loh) Spanish Village or people
Rio, Rito (REE-oh) Spanish River, creek
(REE-toh)
San (San Spanish A pueblo near Bandelier
Ildefonso ILL-de-FON-soh)
San Juan (san WHAHN) Spanish A river and a pueblo
Tyuonyi (tchew-OWN-yee) Indian A ruin in Frijoles Canyon
Valle (VAH-yeh Spanish Great Valley
Grande GRAHN-deh)
Viga (VEE-gah) Spanish Roofbeam
_Suggestions for Further Reading_
Bandelier, Adolph F. _The Delight Makers._ Dodd, Mead and Co., New
York City.
Bolton, Herbert E. _Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains._
Whittlesey House and the University of New Mexico Press,
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Butcher, Devereux. _Exploring Our Prehistoric Indian Ruins._ National
Parks Association, Washington, D. C.
Dutton, Bertha P. _New Mexico Indians Pocket Handbook._ New Mexico
Association on Indian Affairs, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Hewett, Edgar L. _The Pajarito Plateau and its Ancient People._
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
McGregor, John C. _Southwestern Archaeology._ John Wiley and Son, New
York City.
Stallings, W. S. _Dating Prehistoric Ruins by Tree Rings._ Tree Ring
Society, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
Tilden, Freeman. _The National Parks: What They Mean To You and Me._
Alfred Knopf, New York City.
Underhill, Ruth. _First Penthouse Dwellers of America._ Laboratory of
Anthropology, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Wormington, H. M. _Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest._ Denver
Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colo.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
(Price lists of National Park Service publications may be obtained from
the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D.C.)
Antietam
Bandelier
Chalmette
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields
Custer Battlefield
Custis-Lee Mansion, the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Fort Laramie
Fort McHenry
Fort Necessity
Fort Pulaski
Fort Raleigh
Fort Sumter
George Washington Birthplace
Gettysburg
Guilford Courthouse
Hopewell Village
Independence
Jamestown, Virginia
Kings Mountain
The Lincoln Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died
Manassas (Bull Run)
Montezuma Castle
Morristown, a Military Capital of the Revolution
Ocmulgee
Petersburg Battlefields
Saratoga
Scotts Bluff
Shiloh
Statue of Liberty
Vanderbilt Mansion
Vicksburg
Yorktown
[Illustration: Cover sketch of the big ruin]
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