Hopi Indians and The Dawn of Architecture 1908

Title : Hopi Indians and The Dawn of Architecture 1908  
Author : Not Stated
Source : Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist
Year Published : 1908
Page Count : 10
Image Count : 5
Word Count : 3,074
File Size in MB : 3.6
File Type : PDF

"It is now recognised by archaeologists that what is known as the Pueblo region of New Mexico, Arizona, and portions of Utah and Colorado, are worthy of the most careful and painstaking investigation, for the reason that the innumerable prehistoric ruins there found seem capable of casting more light upon the gestation of culture than similar remains in any other part of the world. Just as the fossils found in Jurassic and Triassic rock strata make it possible for scientists to reconstruct with a fair, degree of accuracy the fauna and flora of past geologic epochs, so does the study of prehistoric peoples make it possible, within certain limits, to reconstruct primitive society. The isolated position of the Pueblo region contributed to the preservation of primitive conditions, and the aridity of the climate has prevented the disintegration and decay of monuments of ages long past, so that conditions are particularly favourable to a study of the origin.."