87:
to the rooms within. The walls of the houses were made of adobe, created by piling on more and more clay until the top was reached. The walls of the house were of sufficient thickness to insure protection against hostile tribes as well as the fierce summer heat of the desert. In the better-finished houses, the clay surface of the inner walls was rubbed by hand until it attained a high polish. The rafters between the stories were made of small tree trunks upon which lay a layer of reeds, which in turn was covered with a coating of cement-like clay.
95:. In the corners of certain rooms at Los Muertos were the remains of persons buried in vaults. Others of their dead were first incinerated, and the remaining ash and charred bones were interred in urns made of pottery with inverted saucer-like lids. Two of the skeletons found in Los Muertos were nearly 6 feet (1.8 m) in length; most of them, however, were short in stature.
129:
117:
78:, explored the ruins of an early people, a place he called "El Pueblo de los Muertos"—"The City of the Dead"—in the center of which he uncovered many large communal houses, and beyond them found the remains of more sparsely-settled suburbs extending for 2 miles (3.2 km). The largest of these houses was bigger than
91:
there were stones for grinding corn, stone axes, hammers and hoes, cotton cloth, skin-dressing implements, bone awls, and several other articles of the chase and of war and of domestic and religious usage. There were various little images, some not over 1 inch (25 mm), carved from stone. These dated to the
86:
wall, which was built as protection against enemies as well as to insure privacy to its occupants. There were windows and portholes in the outer walls of the houses, but there were no doors. The dwellers entered and exited by means of ladders against the outer wall and trap doors in the roofs leading
90:
In the yards or streets of Los
Muertos, Cushing found public ovens and large cooking pits lined with clay or natural cement. The largest of these pits was 14 feet (4.3 m) across and 7 feet (2.1 m) deep. Within the houses, Cushing found the remains of dishes, utensils, and pottery; also,
62:. It covers an area greater than 2 square miles (5.2 km) along the borders of a canal or artificial river, measuring almost 6 by 1 mile (9.7 km Ă— 1.6 km). The Los Muertos and Pueblo de las Acequias ("City of the Canals") ruins are approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) apart.
354:
124:: S. Baxter's "The old New world: An account of the explorations of the Hemenway southwestern archæological expedition in 1887–88, under the direction of Frank Hamilton Cushing" (1883)
75:
241:
The old New world: An account of the explorations of the
Hemenway southwestern archæological expedition in 1887–88, under the direction of Frank Hamilton Cushing
359:
364:
298:
262:
349:
79:
310:
290:
Sourcing
Prehistoric Ceramics at Chodistaas Pueblo, Arizona: The Circulation of People and Pots in the Grasshopper Region
106:, the director of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology, estimated that Los Muertos had at least 13,000 inhabitants.
71:
55:
39:
103:
294:
288:
279:
258:
31:
239:
369:
59:
251:
51:
343:
273:
133:
121:
82:. It was surrounded by smaller edifices, and the entire group was enclosed by an
23:
325:
312:
92:
35:
27:
83:
132:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
120:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
253:
Discover Native
America: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
30:. It is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of
278:(Public domain ed.). The Berryhill Company. p.
194:
192:
355:
Buildings and structures in
Maricopa County, Arizona
136:: W. H. Robinson's "The story of Arizona" (1919)
250:
50:Los Muertos is situated west of Chandler and near
22:("City of the Dead") is a historical ruin in the
76:Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition
8:
38:settlement was situated within the southern
16:Historical ruin in Maricopa County, Arizona.
171:
222:
210:
147:
140:
198:
183:
159:
7:
249:Minear, Tish; Limon, Janet (2008).
360:Native American history of Arizona
14:
127:
115:
365:Archaeological sites in Arizona
293:. University of Arizona Press.
1:
287:Zedeño, MarĂa Nieves (1994).
244:. Printed at the Salem Press.
386:
350:Ruins in the United States
272:Robinson, Will H. (1919).
238:Baxter, Sylvester (1883).
172:Minear & Limon 2008
72:Frank Hamilton Cushing
20:Pueblo de Los Muertos
275:The story of Arizona
257:. Hippocrene Books.
322: /
326:6.1067°S 77.9035°W
104:John Wesley Powell
331:-6.1067; -77.9035
300:978-0-8165-1455-7
264:978-0-7818-1198-9
225:, pp. 17–18.
213:, pp. 15–16.
377:
337:
336:
334:
333:
332:
327:
323:
320:
319:
318:
315:
304:
283:
268:
256:
245:
226:
220:
214:
208:
202:
196:
187:
181:
175:
169:
163:
157:
151:
145:
131:
130:
119:
118:
74:, leader of the
60:southern Arizona
385:
384:
380:
379:
378:
376:
375:
374:
340:
339:
330:
328:
324:
321:
316:
313:
311:
309:
308:
301:
286:
271:
265:
248:
237:
229:
221:
217:
209:
205:
197:
190:
182:
178:
170:
166:
158:
154:
146:
142:
128:
116:
112:
101:
68:
48:
17:
12:
11:
5:
383:
381:
373:
372:
367:
362:
357:
352:
342:
341:
306:
305:
299:
284:
269:
263:
246:
234:
233:
228:
227:
215:
203:
188:
186:, p. 133.
176:
174:, p. 177.
164:
152:
139:
138:
137:
125:
111:
108:
100:
97:
67:
64:
47:
44:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
382:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
356:
353:
351:
348:
347:
345:
338:
335:
302:
296:
292:
291:
285:
281:
277:
276:
270:
266:
260:
255:
254:
247:
243:
242:
236:
235:
231:
230:
224:
223:Robinson 1919
219:
216:
212:
211:Robinson 1919
207:
204:
201:, p. 19.
200:
195:
193:
189:
185:
180:
177:
173:
168:
165:
162:, p. 21.
161:
156:
153:
150:, p. 15.
149:
148:Robinson 1919
144:
141:
135:
134:public domain
126:
123:
122:public domain
114:
113:
109:
107:
105:
98:
96:
94:
88:
85:
81:
77:
73:
65:
63:
61:
57:
53:
45:
43:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
307:
289:
274:
252:
240:
232:Bibliography
218:
206:
179:
167:
155:
143:
102:
99:Demographics
89:
69:
49:
34:. The large
19:
18:
329: /
199:Baxter 1883
184:Zedeño 1994
160:Baxter 1883
80:Casa Grande
58:valley of
344:Categories
317:77°54′13″W
110:References
56:Salt River
24:U.S. state
314:6°06′24″S
93:Stone Age
70:In 1887,
54:, in the
46:Geography
42:valley.
32:Chandler
370:Hohokam
66:History
36:Hohokam
28:Arizona
297:
261:
40:Salado
84:adobe
52:Tempe
295:ISBN
259:ISBN
26:of
346::
280:15
191:^
303:.
282:.
267:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.