Cliff dwellings on right bank below Nankoweap Creek. Grand Canyon National Park. 1923.
Dates
Date Taken
1923
Summary
Album caption: Cliff Dwellings on right bank below Nankoweap Creek. Photo by E. C. Kolb - 1923. Handwritten notes on album caption: Grand Canyon 45; Coconino County, Arizona; Similar to Topography D photograph no. 33. Index card: Grand Canyon no. 45 - Cliff dwellings on right bank below Nankoweap Creek, Coconino County, Arizona, 1923. (Photo by E. C. Kolb) Additional information: Same photograph also located in Turner, R. M. Collection number 36. Published as Figure 44A in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1132, 1980. Figure 44A - (1923) caption: Ancient Indian structures, which were possibly used to store grain, can be seen in a cave within the Mississippian Redwall Limestone in this downstream view near the mouth [...]
Summary
Album caption: Cliff Dwellings on right bank below Nankoweap Creek. Photo by E. C. Kolb - 1923.
Handwritten notes on album caption: Grand Canyon 45; Coconino County, Arizona; Similar to Topography D photograph no. 33.
Index card: Grand Canyon no. 45 - Cliff dwellings on right bank below Nankoweap Creek, Coconino County, Arizona, 1923. (Photo by E. C. Kolb)
Additional information: Same photograph also located in Turner, R. M. Collection number 36.
Published as Figure 44A in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1132, 1980.
Figure 44A - (1923) caption: Ancient Indian structures, which were possibly used to store grain, can be seen in a cave within the Mississippian Redwall Limestone in this downstream view near the mouth of Nankoweap Canyon. The photographic station is roughly 259 meters above the Colorado River and 84.6 kilometers below Lees Ferry. A dense stand of catclaw, western honey mesquite, and netleaf hackberry occurs above the level attained by the river duing flood stage (Altitude 847 meters.)
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Photographic Collection, Grand Canyon Collection.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Photographic Collection, Kolb, E.C. Collection.
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