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MESA FOLK OF HOPILAND 101
the addition to the later houses and these become stor
age places.
While the old houses were entered from the trap
doors in the roof, the new houses have doors at the
ground level and often windows glazed in the most ap
proved style. Frequently in the march of progress
doors are cut into the old houses, and the streets begin
to assume the appearance of a Mexican town ; but the
old nucleus buried under the successive buildings rare
ly shows and may be traced with difficulty. In win
ter the people withdraw from the exposed and retire
to the old enclosed rooms, huddling together to keep
warm, enlivening the confinement with many a song,
legend, and story.
So much for the woman builders of Tusayan, to
whom all honor.*
* One who desires to pursue this subject in more detail
should consult Mendeleff's paper on Pueblo Architecture in
the 8th Annual Report Bureau American Ethnology, 1886-1887.
