The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891

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Title: The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348
Author: Cosmos Mindeleff
Release Date: January 10, 2006 [EBook #17488]
Language: English
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THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN, ARIZONA, IN 1891
BY
COSMOS MINDELEFF
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CONTENTS
Introduction 321 Description of the ruins 321 Condition of Casa Grande in 1891 323 Plans for the repairs 325 Execution of the work 326 Reservation of the land 330 Specimens found in the excavations 330
Exhibits 333 I. Contract for repairing and preserving Casa Grande ruin, Arizona 333 II. Plans and specifications for the preservation of the Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, 1891 335 General requirements 335 Clearing out the debris 335 Underpinning walls 336 Filling in openings 336 Bracing 336 Wire fencing 337 Roof 337 III. Plans and sections 337 IV. Oath of disinterestedness 338 V. Bids 338 VI. Indorsements 339 VII. Report of Mr H. C. Rizer 340
Supplement 344 Correspondence and report relating to the condition of Casa Grande in 1895, with recommendations concerning its further protection 344 I. Letter of Reverend Isaac T. Whittemore, custodian of Casa Grande, to the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for further protecting the ruin 344 II. Indorsement of Mr Whittemore's letter by the Acting Secretary of the Interior 344 III. Letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior suggesting an examination of Casa Grande with a view of its further protection 344 IV. Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology approving the suggestion that Casa Grande be visited with a view of determining the desirability of its further protection 347 V. Letter of the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the examination of Casa Grande by Mr W J McGee 347 VI. Report of the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior on the examination of the condition of Casa Grande by Mr W J McGee, with a recommendation concerning its further protection 348
ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate CXII. Map of the Casa Grande group 321 CXIII. Ground plan of Casa Grande ruin 322 CXIV. General view of Casa Grande 325 CXV. Interior wall surface 326 CXVI. West front of Casa Grande showing blocks of masonry 329 CXVII. Plan showing ground-level erosion, tie-rods, limits of work, and lines of ground sections 330 CXVIII. East-and-west ground sections 333 CXIX. North-and-south ground sections 335 CXX. South front of the ruin, showing underpinning and ends of tie-rods 337 CXXI. View from the southeast before the completion of the work 339 CXXII. Suggested plan of roof and support 340 CXXIII. Section through _A-B_ of roof plan, showing suggested roof support 343 CXXIV. Section through _C-D_ of roof plan, showing suggested roof support 345 CXXV. Map showing location of Casa Grande reservation 346
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THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN
By Cosmos Mindeleff
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INTRODUCTION
In March, 1889, an appropriation of $2,000 was made by Congress for the repair of Casa Grande ruin in southern Arizona. This amount was insufficient for complete restoration, but under the authority of the act of Congress making the appropriation some work was done. Partly as an aid to further possible work, and partly that there may be an available record of what has been done for the benefit of future students of American archeology, this report is presented.
A full description of Casa Grande has been given by the writer in a published memoir[1] on that ruin, hence only a brief account will now be necessary to aid in making the present report intelligible. Following this description is a statement of the condition of the ruin in 1891 and