OUR CONTRIBUTORS

This, the first issue of Mesa Verde Notes for 1933, has been much delayed due to the greatly reduced staff on the educational force. The assistance and cooperation of many interested in our little publication alone make it possible to continue its publication. To these we give thanks.

Doctor E. B. Renaud, Professor of Anthropology, University of Denver, has recently done a great deal of excellent field work in tracing the distribution of the famous "Folsom" flint points along the eastern slope of the Rockies. He presents in "Mesa Verde and Europe" the similar cultural development exercised by peoples in the Old and New World.

Don Watson, Ranger Historian at Mesa Verde, completes his article on the Navaho blanket. Don spent part of the past winter on the reservation, living with the Navahos, and one can certainly feel his fondness for their land on reading his description.

Lewis T. Barry, reptile speciallist at the Coloardo Museum of Natural History, has a splendid group of snake stories to give us. In this issue we present just a general introduction, but watch out for the rest.

Ann Bauer, University of California, has worked for Doctor Hewitt at the New Mexico Museum for a number of years. She is the new artist and responsible for all illustrations with the exception of the Navaho head on the front cover. This is her first experience in cutting stencils for memeograph purposes.

Mary Lou Bowman, a talented young Durango artist, presents the head study used as cover design. This, sketched from life, is "Cha Yazhe", Indian, who works here on the mesa.

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