| 单词 | cliff dweller |
| 例句 | NEW HAVEN, Conn. — There’s a mountain range rising in the middle of Yale University Art Gallery, with populations of cliff dwellers circling its heights. Bamigboye, Nigeria’s Tour-de-Force Sculptor, Claims His Fame in the World 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Chaco’s structures were built in the open canyon bottoms, but the people of Mesa Verde were largely cliff dwellers, likely as a way to fend off Apache, Ute and other raiders. Searching for the Ancestral Puebloans 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z In Polynesia, in Asia, among the cliff dwellers of the Southwest its explorers and collectors are at work. 139 Years Ago: American Museum of Natural History Opens Its Permanent Home 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “They seem really less common in the track fossil record, maybe because they were walkers but also climbers or cliff dwellers” like some seabirds today, Mazin says. Footprint Find Could Be a “Holy Grail” of Pterosaur Research 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Could they tell her anything of the cliff dwellers? The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The jaws of the mound builders, compared with the existing cliff dwellers, show similar results. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Excavation in Step House Cave and discovery of its occupation by Basket Maker III people more than 3 centuries in advance of cliff dweller occupation. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z Over on the opposite wall of the cañon was a broken line of masonry, half hiding a niche in the rock where once had lived and died the cliff dwellers. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Geographical conditions and a hard struggle against nature fixed the character of this “aridian” culture, and determined its migrations; the onslaughts of nomad Indians determined the sedentary civilization of the cliff dwellers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" "That," said Juarez, "is what remains of the houses and caches of the cliff dwellers." The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Or best and most novel experience of all—along White Rock Cañon of the Rio Grande, in Mesa Verde Park, Colorado, are thousands of plastered caves, the homes of the cliff dwellers. Through Our Unknown Southwest It is a country for active footwork, just as it was in the days of the cliff dwellers themselves. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z "The reason the cliff dwellers left, George, was that they ..." The Hohokam Dig Miss Ross, let us go and see the cliff dwellers,' and we went. Against Odds A Detective Story There stood, almost as a natural granite from the rock, the square, symmetrical ruins of a tiny cliff dwellers' village. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure When European courts trod the stately over floors of filthy rushes, these cliff dwellers had flooring of plaster and cement, and rugs of beaver and wolf and bear. Through Our Unknown Southwest In 1276 A.D. a 24-year period of drought began that caused the cliff dwellers to move to regions where there was a more permanent supply of water. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z And this, giving the real reason the cliff dwellers left. The Hohokam Dig Walter anticipated Bauer's story as he sat down by him and in the midst of an ancient cliff dwellers century old debris of a home, heard his chum's simple story. The High Calling I had rather take you to a cemetery, or visit the homes of the cliff dwellers of Mexico. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 Then, if you dive into the realm of the cliff dwellers, you will be drowned in historic antiquity before you know. Through Our Unknown Southwest In those same regions are the homes of the modern Pueblo Indians and no doubt some of these people are the descendants of the cliff dwellers. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The most remarkable group of the cliff dwellers is to be seen in Walnut Cañon, eight miles from Flagstaff. The Life Radiant Practically little is known of the pictography of this part of the Verde valley people, although it has an important bearing on the distribution of the cliff dwellers of the Southwest. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 All the way they followed an irrigation canal of the ancient cliff dwellers that had been restored to use. Bloom of Cactus "Now you're referring to what was said about the funny old stone dwellings of the cliff dwellers, who used to live there centuries ago," remarked Frank. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave When the cliff dwellers started building in the cave they were confronted with the problem of an uneven floor. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z I looked for the homes of the cliff dwellers. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year In none of the different regions in which they exist is there any probability that these caves were made by people different in culture from pueblo or cliff dwellers. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Sharp turns through two more doorways brought him into a kiva, or sacred chamber of the cliff dwellers, that was lighted by a pair of candles. Bloom of Cactus He alone knew where the hermit had his lodging, possibly in one of those quaint series of cliff dwellers' homes, which for some reason he called Echo Cave. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave This problem the cliff dweller solved by erecting terraces and filling in the irregular places. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z In the Southwest the relics of the cliff dwellers are abundant. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep Those of the latter are almost identical with the work of the Pueblo peoples in the cliff dweller stage, from southern Utah and Colorado to the Mexican boundary. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 They had no fancy to be left in the darkness with the bird of night and the "dried spirits" of the ancient cliff dwellers. Bloom of Cactus Oh! well, in my prowling around here, month after month," explained the hermit, "I managed to find a way the old cliff dwellers had for reaching the summit of the rocks, in case of necessity. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave More than anything else the cliff dwellers desired security from their enemies. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z There is no warrant whatever for the old assumption that the "cliff dwellers" were a separate race, and the cliff dwellings must be regarded as only a phase of pueblo architecture. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In reality they overhung the rudely level space like out-jutting eaves over the sun-deck that might have been carved to his taste by some old cliff dweller in front of his solitary retreat. The Short Cut Neither did the troglodytes, nor the cliff dwellers know of electricity or the X-ray! Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul "Meaning his craze to be the fortunate man of science to unravel the mystery that has always hung over the homes of those cliff dwellers?" The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave The argument that cliff dwellers in the neighborhood built Sun Temple and that incoming aliens had nothing to do with its construction seems very strong. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The old idea of a separate race of cliff dwellers now finds little credence, but the cliff ruins are almost universally explained as the results of extraordinary, primitive, or unusual causes. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 "In a primitive way, they do, probably following the methods they learned from the cliff dwellers, who occupied the crude dwellings you have seen all along these walls in the canyons here." The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch In the canons of the Colorado river and its tributaries are found the ruins of an ancient race of cliff dwellers. Arizona Sketches "Then you think they're windows, about after the same style as those holes in the rock where we climbed up the ladders to the deserted homes of the old time cliff dwellers?" asked the other. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave They have dim legends of conflicts between the earliest Utes and cliff dwellers. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The burial cists are built usually in a corner or against a wall of a cliff dweller's house, but sometimes they are built against a cliff wall, and occasionally stand out alone. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Many of these are found in close proximity to the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, and on the cliffs in which the far-famed cliff dwellers of old took up their abode. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young As there is no positive knowledge as to when the cliff dwellers flourished, one man's guess on the subject is as good as another's. Arizona Sketches There was some sort of movement now, down in the region of the little twist where the steep stairway of the old cliff dwellers made a turn. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave The cliff dweller refuse at the south end of the cave had not been thoroughly cleaned out, however, and it was under this layer of trash that the important discovery was made. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z In many cases the easiest way of access, which was the one used by the cliff dwellers, was not direct. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In the far West and Southwest, where the rivers had cut deep beds, were the cliff dwellers. A Brief History of the United States It is easier to believe that the cliff dwellers, being free people, chose of their own accord the site of their habitation rather than that from any cause they were compelled to make the choice. Arizona Sketches Indeed, not one of the party in the adjoining apartment of the cliff dwellers' cave but who had kept drinking in the conversation as though it fairly fascinated them. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave Three of the Late Basket Maker pit houses were found, giving the first evidence that these people had used the caves before the cliff dwellers. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z What he had found was a heavy tent stake, one that Kris Kringle had dropped from his bundle on the way to the cliff dweller's home. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail The dark gray rocks are filled with pits and holes, and when viewed from a distance resemble the homes of the cliff dwellers. See America First To affirm that the cliff dwellers were driven from their strongholds and dispersed by force is pure fiction, nor is there any evidence to support such a theory. Arizona Sketches Out from the towering flat crags and apartment peaks of the cliff dwellers of New York steals an army of beings that were once men. Sixes and Sevens This ruin is reached by a spectacular series of 104 footholds that the cliff dwellers had cut in the almost perpendicular canyon wall. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z That canyon had opened there to sky and light for millions of years; and doubtless it had harbored sheep herders, Indians, cliff dwellers, barbarians. The Call of the Canyon The staple product of the cliff dwellers was corn; they also planted beans and squash. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z Can it be possible that the cliff dwellers are a lost fragment of Egyptian civilization? Arizona Sketches It is thought that certain of the present-day Pueblo Indians are descendants, in part at least, of the cliff dwellers. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The so-called "Mesa Verde cliff dwellers" were not the first of the prehistoric southwestern cultures, nor were they the first human occupants of the natural caves that abound in the area of the park. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The cliff dwellers domesticated the turkey, and their bones, feathers, and droppings are found in all the ruins. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z Only by native instinct and daily practice from childhood would it be possible for any people to follow the narrow and difficult paths which were habitually traveled by the cliff dwellers. Arizona Sketches Contemporaneous with the cliff dwellers there seems to have lived a race of people in the adjoining valleys who built cities and tilled the soil. Arizona Sketches They are of the Aztecan branch of the Shoshonean family and probably the lineal descendents of the cliff dwellers. Arizona Sketches In addition to their ability as architects and masons, the cliff dwellers excelled in the art of pottery making and as agriculturists. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z However, since their discovery their numbers have greatly diminished and steadily continue to decrease, as if it were also to be their fate to become extinct like the ancient cliff dwellers. Arizona Sketches |
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