into some of the rooms. Those rooms which remained dry 
contained large amounts of vegetal remains such as corn, 
squash, and other seeds, together with cordage, matting, 
sandals, basketry, and wooden objects. Most of the corn 
utilized in the present study was found in Rooms Bb, C, 
and D in the back of the cave. Room B contained four 
feet of deposit, the deepest fill in the pueblo. 
The archaeological value of the maize under discussion 
lies in the fact that the excellent stratigraphic evidence 
indicates an interesting history of human occupation in 
the pueblo. Room B supplied most of the evidence and 
most of the maize. Level 5 in Room B marks the earliest 
occupation of the pueblo. Three hard-packed adobe floors 
were superimposed at the base of this level. The original 
maize at the site was found on the uppermost floor and 
occurred in fifteen concentrations of charred, shelled ker- 
nels, ashes, and heat-warped pot sherds. More than 500 
charred ears were also found lying on the floor. ‘The con- 
centrations of shelled kernels had been stored in pots and 
the loose ears must have been hung from the roof beams. 
All of the material found in Level 5 and the lower half 
of Level 4 was burned. A three-foot thick concentration 
of spalled sandstone slabs was found above Level 5 and 
the lower half of Level 4. The slabs had spalled off the 
cave ceiling as a result of the fire that destroyed Room 
B. In addition, a huge block of sandstone weighing many 
tons fell across Rooms D and E. The fire and rock fall 
terminated occupation of the site for a time, but, pend- 
ing study of the dendrochronological specimens, the du- 
ration of the abandonment is unknown. 
The Ceramic Assemblage 
Reoccupation of the pueblo was accomplished by a 
group of Indians using a slightly later variant of the 
Early Pueblo [II ceramic types (normal Tularosa phase) 
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