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shards, etc., but no burials in the 14-foot square area excavated. These 

 mounds are evidently places of deposit of house refuse, nearly one- 

 tenth of an acre being covered with a lens of debris 45 inches deep 

 in middle and nearly a hundred yards from the pueblo. 



Pottery percentages: Gray, 12; rough brown, 29; red, white line, 

 48; gila type, 8; and yellow shades, 2. 



Near the center of one of the mounds is a fire seam with ashes 

 and burnt rocks 20 inches from the surface and 20 inches from base. 

 The center area seems to go down deep. Possibly excavation here 

 would show a pit basin like those in Luna, N. Mex., and at Interior 

 Sawmill (pi. 10a) on this reservation; mound has been worked over 

 by ground animals. 



Surface of runnels east of the great pueblo contains many shards 

 washed out over the flat. Made a hole 11 feet square and 2 to 4 

 feet deep in house debris east of entrance to pueblo on east side but 

 found no burials. Approached the walls of the presumptive watch 

 room at entrance of main pueblo. Soil not good. 



Opened large trench in the gently sloping area extending 250 feet 

 north of great pueblo and found one or two burials, and animal 

 bones in debris from 30 to 40 inches deep to hardpan. 



Surface ruins to west of main pueblo show as rectangles of lime- 

 stone imbedded in the ground. In the house debris several burials, 

 both near the surface and on hardpan, recumbent and flexed. Skulls 

 except one show occipital deformation. Pottery shards vary from 

 crude to fine. Red with black outlined with white; white; white 

 surfaced, green decoration in glaze; black and white; red brown 

 " pebbled " surfaced with white line decoration with polished black 

 interior. Fragments of axes, arrow polishers, awls, drilled antler 

 sections, arrowheads, etc. Soil 30 to 45 inches thick. 



Trenched along walls of outlined or " unfinished " houses on flat 

 area west of pueblo. Found that walls are laid on older house 

 refuse deposits. Four courses of masonry were seen. There is no 

 evidence of character of superstructure. Trench east of a pueblo 

 lying north of the large group shows little decorated pottery, but 

 brown with black polished interior prevails. Perhaps residuum of 

 an older clan. Earth 40 inches deep, 15 feet from wall. Retaining 

 walls found in this trench. 



Percentage of shard types from trench 16, west side of east pueblo : 

 Red, 33; gray, 18; brown, 11; rugose, 26; yellow brown, 2; Gila, 4; 

 and yellow, 4. Most of the shards in the upper foot. 



Trenched a lens of house refuse 200 yards west of the large pueblo 

 showing as a slight elevation found to be 1 foot thick. Contains a 

 fair amount of shards, not much flint, a few worked bones, and very 

 few animal bones. The shards show thick coat of lime deposit. This 

 site appears to be a temporary camp occupied while the pueblo was 



