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central ceiling support and the kiva covering had rested on four up- 

 right posts. The kiva was found to have been placed in the center of 

 a compact mass of rooms instead of in an open plaza detached from 

 the main building. 



The pottery gave evidence of a relationship to that of southwestern 

 Colorado and the Rio Grande wares of the late black on white period. 

 Nothing unusual in the way of stone or bone implements was found. 

 All appear to be of the general type associated with such ruins. The 

 chief interest in stone objects was in the absence of grooved axes and 

 the use of large pieces of micaceous schist for cooking slabs. 



The sites in general may be considered as representing a late phase 

 of the black on white period, perhaps just preceding the beginning of 

 the glazed wares in the Rio Grande. 



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