NO. 12 



ARCHEOLOGY OF TAOS VALLEY — JEANgON 



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the south and east ends were buried seven pots, four on the south 

 side and three on the east side (fig. 4). 



Fig. 4. — Ground plan of room 12, showing arrangement of storage 

 jars below the bench level. 



The tops of these pots came to within two or three inches of the 

 floor; they may have been used for storing meal. At the western end 

 was a sort of cupboard running under the wall, with an entrance 

 about one foot square and one foot deep projecting into the room. In 



Fig. 5. — a, showing position of cupboard ; b, cupboard with 

 jar in place. 



this cupboard was found a very handsome black and white heart- 

 shaped jar (pi. 13, d), accompanied by a lid of micaceous schist and 

 two small manos with flattened ends ; also a fine buckhorn chisel, a 

 large piece of buckhorn, a good bone awl, and several black and white 

 sherds. A sketch of the cupboard is given in figure 5. Standing erect 



