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smoother, long fiber cords, which ^^^ere twisted by hand being em- 

 ployed for bowstrings. Much of the cord was spun from finely 

 shredded yucca fiber by means of the spindle with a disk whorl like 

 those used by the Pueblos, the treatment in this case bemg simi ar to 

 that emplo/ed with cotton or other short fiber. Spmdle whorls, 



PlQ_ 147. CORD-MAKINO SERIES FROM TULAEOSA CAVE. 



while not common, have been recovered from the open-air ruins and 

 caves in this locality. Cotton and bark cord is of common occurrence 

 in the Tularosa and Bear Creek caves, but no data survive^ which 

 allow us to reconstruct the series of steps used m their manufacture. 

 A few fragments of sinew cord were recovered. 



