NO. 2280. A PIT HOUSE VILLAGE IN NEW MEXICO-HOUOH. 421 



specimen has the ovate scraper form, which may or may not be 

 intentional. 



Pendant. — Thin tablet of light-brown, fine-grain stone, smooth on 

 one side and covered with vertical grooving on the other. Two holes 

 are drilled near the edge for suspension. This is one of the two exam- 

 ples of the working of stone for ornament from this locality. (Fig. 

 28, No. 292069, U.S.N.M.) Found in the debris of a pit; If inches 

 long, 1| inches wide, ^^ inch thick. 



Fetish. — Of limestone carved in the form of a bear. Through the 

 body is drilled a hole for the suspension of 

 the fetish by means of a string. The speci- 

 men exhibits a marked appreciation of 

 form on the part of the maker and consider- 

 able skill in carving. The work was done 

 with Stone Age tools, marks of whose ac- 

 tion are still apparent. The specimen rep- 

 resent a higher stage of art than was an- 

 ticipated from the crude character of other 

 artifacts gathered here. Found on the 

 surface. (Fig. 29, No. 292092, U.S.N.M.) ^-'g. 28.-cai.ved stone pendant. 



Pigment minerals. — Most prevalent of paint stones at Luna were 

 stream bowlders of dense white limestone. These show surfaces 

 which have been planed away by grinding on another stone to pro- 

 duce white paint for body decoration or other purposes not con- 

 nected with pottery, in which case white clay was used. (292116, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



Red ochre paint was not observed on the site, but a brilliant deep 

 yellow ochre was somewhat frequently found. A mass of this color 



was stored in a small pot, and 

 several masses were found under 

 an earth bench in a pit appar- 

 rj- ^^•f^^^pp' ently secreted there. Copper 

 ^.yf /'^f^'^£:;^^M^^ pigment, common among south- 

 western tribes ancient and mod- 

 ern, was not seen and its ab- 



FiG. 29.— Fetish carved from umestone. scnce is WOrtllV of notice 



Shell. — Three fragments of a shell bracelet and one tubular shell 

 bead were found after a thorough search. They were in the surface 

 debris and hence may have been derived from some other source. 

 (300082, 300083, 292070, U.S.N.M.) 



Bone. — Prongs of deer antlers, one quite smooth at the point, and 

 tips of antlers were observed. They were generally broken oif and 

 in one case cut off with a rough-edged stone. (300089, 300088, 292095, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



Two sections of ribs which show use probably as knives were 

 found ; also the unworked spinous rib of an animal (300090, 292095, 



