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in about the center of the room were the remains of a post approxi- 

 mately ten inches in diameter which was probably intended to support 

 the roof. 



KITCHEN 



Another room in the eastern part of the group was probably used 

 as a kitchen or cooking room. There were several poorly defined 

 fireplaces in the floor, and a shallow trench ran along the entire south- 



Fig. 6. — a, firepit containing ashes ; b, pot rest with flat stone in 

 bottom ; c,. metate ; d, ash pile ; e, f, storage boxes, lo inches deep ; 

 g, shallow trench well plastered. 



ern wall. This room was in such bad condition that it was almost 

 impossible to get a definite idea of its original equipment of pots, etr. 

 The few indications were enough, however, to establish its character 

 (fig. 6). 



KIVA 



One of the most remarkable features of the ruin is the location of 

 the kiva. Instead of being in an open plaza, detached from the main 

 ruin, it is located almost in the center of a compact mass of rooms and 

 is surrounded on all sides, thus completely cutting it ofif from the 

 outside. The northeastern corner is enclosed by a wall which was in 

 such bad condition that it was impossible to establish whether there 

 had been rooms there or only an enclosing wall. The mound at this 

 point is badly washed out, and although a thorough exploration was 

 made, nothing definite could be established. 



When the plaza, in which the kiva is located, was first cleaned ofif, 

 it appeared that the area was used for dance purposes only. There 



