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features of the west village is a court near the south end, 90 by 

 140 feet, connected with a small plaza. This ward of the village 

 covers more than an acre and was four, perhaps five, stories in height. 

 The east ward is more than half an acre in area. North of the west 



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long, flanked in part on 

 the east by an isolated 

 clan house of 18 rooms, 

 well planned. Six ruins 

 in the cluster may be 

 regarded as clan houses, 

 sketch plans of which 

 are figures 2-4. They 

 diflfer in size and ar- 

 rangement of rooms ; 

 in general they show 

 considerable skill pos- 

 sessed by the archi- 

 tects who planned them 



(fig. 1). 



A third form of build- 

 ing consists of large rec- 

 tangular areas outlined 

 with building stones. 

 These are seen scattered 

 over the level ground, 

 principally west of the great pueblo (fig. 5). Observers have called 

 them " unfinished houses," but they are more likely the bases of 

 sheds. The foundations are four or five courses of masonry and do 

 not go down more than 18 inches, showing that they did not support 

 any heavy superstructure (pi. \a). 





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Figure 4. — Sketch of Individual Ruin 



Two lenticular rubbish heaps lie on the open meadow 100 yards 

 south of the walls of the large village. They are 60 by 72 feet and 

 4 feet high. Their presence at such a distance from the pueblo is 



