A Perfect Dwelling Wayside

A Perfect Dwelling Wayside

NPS Photo/ B Smith

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A Perfect Dwelling  

"It is a perfect house, but small.... I found many metates, three of which were perfect.  The manos are small, so as to work in the groove.  Many of the roofs are perfect. They are of vigas, above them are either splinters or rounds ticks of ocotillo, above it reeds, and then two-and-a-half inches of mud.  The floors, as far as visible, are black.  There is some pottery about, handsomely painted... I found an old sandal, much fragmentary basketwork, rope, twine, and many corn cobs. They are of the small variety, and I found one small piece of obsidian.... The position of the pueblo is admirable for security and observation..."
-Adolph Bandelier, May 1883 

How has the Lower Cliff Dwelling changed through time?  

(Image taken in 1903 of tourists standing in front of the Lower Cliff Dwelling.)