CHAPTER 3: DIGGING INTO THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY.

Chapter 3 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park:The First 100 Years" is presented. It discusses the evolution of archeological methods and techniques performed in Mesa Verde. As archeological diggings evolved into more systematic studies of the site, fresh studies and interpretations emerged adding knowledge on ancestral Puebloan culture. Primitive archeology and pothunting ended in 1908 with the arrival of Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology who excavated and stabilized sites for safe public visitation.