Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Mancos Canyon


Ancient Ruins in the Canyon of the Mancos
William Henry Jackson folio IV, print 3
Creator: Jackson, William Henry.
Summary: A man leans on a circular masonry tower in Mancos Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado. The ruins are the remains of a Native American, Anasazi structure and appear to be dry laid stone with several small openings built into the wall. Vegetation grows in and around the archaeological site. Date: [1874]
Notes: Condition: print discolored, mat board soiled.; Formerly F17127; Formerly Jackson 158; Hand-lettered title on negative reproduced in print.; Number: "158" hand-lettered on negative reproduced in print.; Number: "158" penciled on mat board.; Printed on mat board: "Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F.V. Hayden in Charge" with decorative lettering.; R7003102186
Is Part Of W. H. Jackson folio [Hayden Survey].

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