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hm1996 said:
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Absolutely amazing, thinking about the craftsmanship, what types of primitive tools did they use in construction.............how did they access the 2nd story (both during construction and after completion)?
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All stone tools, of course. They made extensive use of ropes and ladders, both in construction and in living access. Somewhere, I have pictures of some larger pueblos situated such that it boggles the mind to imagine accessing them, let alone living in them, let alone constructing them.

- DAA
 
I think this depicts what was probably not a rare occurrence.

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- DAA
 
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Dave, don't want to be a pest but I always seem to find something in your pictures that arouses my curiosity. Looks like lashing to another pole for some purpose.....shelter, etc?.......next question is what is the material used for lashing? Looks like maybe reeds or corn shucks but probably rawhide?
 
Don't mind at all.

That's yucca cordage. Very common to see in these ruins. Generally, but not always, lashing one pole to another for construction purposes. Or in making ladders. Somewhere, I have pictures of this use still intact for roof poles and ladders.

- DAA
 
The condition of some of the relics suggest that the people may have had to leave quickly, that metate didn't just fall apart, nor did the various pots. Warring tribes profited mostly by raiding other tribes. Tribes often moved on and would leave nothing that could be beneficial to the incoming tribes. The pattern on one of the shards was just like some I found in Arizona, interesting!
 
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