AROUND THE MESA

Representing twenty-four foreign countries, as well as every state in the Union, a total of 21,474 visitors registered at Mesa Verde National Park during the past travel season. This is a new record and represents a gain of 32 percent over the 1933 travel season.

Although Mesa Verde National Park has been set aside as the major archaeological preserve in the Southwest, no complete archaeological survey of the area has ever been made. As a result there has always been a great deal of confusion and misinformation concerning the number, location and types of ruins in the National Park Area. Many ruins are recorded by a variety of names and numbers making it almost impossible to catalog or classify the artifacts from them.

To correct this situation an archaeological survey of the park should be established to locate, number, describe and photograph every prehistoric habitation in the area.

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