ARCHEOLOGIOAJJ }~XPJ~DITION TO ARIZONA IN 1895By .JESSE WALTER. FF."VKESINTRODUCTORY NOTEAbout the close of 1Iay, IS!);), I was invited to ma.ke It collection ofoujects for the Xatioual ~ruseum, iJlustmting the aI"cheology of thoSouthwest, especia.11y that phaso of pueul0 lifo pertaining to tlle socalledcliff houses. I wns specially "urgod to make as large a collf-ctionas possible, and the choice of locality wa.s generously left to myUiscretion.Leaving Washington on the 25th of May, I obtailled a, collectiolJ andrcturnetl with it to that city on the 16tli of Septell,lber, baving spentthree montus ill the field. "I"he material brought back by tho expeditionwas catalogucd undor !)()(j on tries, numbering somewlIat over 11 thousalldspecimeus. The majority of these ohjectR aro ti110 examples of mol"tnarypottery of oxcellent character, fully 500 "of which are decorated.I was particularly fortunate in my scientific collaborators. MI" F. W.Hodge, of tTable of Contents PRge; IntrO!l11ctory noto ••• •• • ••• 527; Plan of the expe,Jition 529; Huius io Vorde valley • 536; CIIUI~ificatiou of the ruiHIl 536; Cn"ato dwellings 537; MOlltt:tllJUu, Woll 5·16; Clirt" honses of tile Rerl·rock~ &48; Ruins 1I0nr Scbllrm:l1ln"s rallch t;50; PrtlatkL 5£i3; ITollllllki ~ 558; Objects fonni " :