12 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8l 



The walls of the large mound were built in the same manner as in 

 the smaller mound, the only difference being their marked variation 

 in thickness. 



ROOMS 



The rooms varied widely in size (pi. 2, B, C). No complete out- 

 lines of the first occupation were determined, but all of the second 

 occupation rooms were uncovered and their dimensions are given in 

 the following list : 



No. I. — 16 ft. X 6 ft. 6 ins. No. 10. — 13 ft. 6 ins. x 11 ft. 



2. — 14 ft. 9 ins. X 6 ft. 6 ins. 12. — 13 ft. x 7 ft. 



3. — 15 ft. 6 ins. X 6 ft. 13. — 14 ft. x 8 ft. 



4. — 15 ft. 3 ins. X 6 ft. 14. — 15 ft. X 9 ft. 



5. — IS ft. X 6 ft. 4 ins. 15. — 1 1 ft. X 7 ft. X 1 1 ft. 9 ins. 



6. — 9 ft. X 14 ft. 16. — ID ft. X 9 ft. 9 ins. X II ft. 3 

 7. — ID ft. 9 ins. X 9 ft. ins. x 8 f t. 6 ins. 



8. — 14 ft. X 6 ft. 6 ins. 17. — 10 ft. 6 ins. x 9 ft. 



9. — 13 ft. X 5 ft. 6 ins. 18. — 1 1 ft. 6 ins. x 10 ft. 



The kiva plaza was roughly 30 ft. square. 



The following measurements made in 1864 by Mr. John Ward at 

 the present pueblo of Taos are interesting as showing the increase in 

 size of the rooms more recently constructed : 



Several rooms on the ground floor were measured by Mr. Ward and found 

 to be in feet: 14 x 18; 20 x 22; 24 x 27; with a high ceiling averaging 7 to 8 

 feet. 



In the second story they measured in feet: 14 x 23; 12 x 20 ; and 15 x 20; 

 with a height of ceiling varying from 7 to 7i feet. 



The rooms in the third, fourth and fifth stories were found to diminish in 

 size with each story.^ 



It would be extremely interesting to have an opportunity of exca- 

 vating and measuring rooms in the ruin of old Taos Pueblo, which 

 lies a short distance east of the present village. Perhaps the gradual 

 growth in size of the rooms over the period between the Llano 

 houses and the modern Pueblo, could be obtained in these rooms. 

 However, it would be next to iiupossible to obtain permission to exca- 

 vate in the Old Pueblo as the Indians will not even permit the mounds 

 to be measured, much less excavated. 



STORAGE ROOM 



One of the most interesting rooms in the group was one which 

 had every appearance of having been used for storage purposes. It 

 is situated just south of the kiva, and is called room 12 (pi. 3, 5). 

 A raised bench occupied almost three-fourths of the floor space. In 



* Morgan, L. H., Houses and House Life of the American Aborigines. Contri- 

 butions to North American Ethnology, Vol. 4, p. 145, Washington, 1881. 



