Fireplace at Pueblo Kotyiti. 

 on which the cooking was done 



Across the upright stones was placed a smooth stone slab 



tecture of individual buildings, suggests that the building plan was thought 



out before the construction work began. 



Within the rooms were found such stationary household effects built 



of stone slabs, as fireplaces and bins for food stuffs. Also cages containing the 



bony remains of turkeys and eagles were found. Scattered on the floor and 



throughout the debris from the col- 

 lapsed upper stories were numerous 

 implements and utensils of bone, 

 stone and shell, as well as pottery. 

 Most of the specimens were used in 

 the preparation of food and clothing, 

 but things were present also sugges- 

 tive of the less material side of life 

 as for example, tobacco pipes, flutes, 

 whistles, and ornamental objects of 

 shell and turquoise. Smooth peb- 

 bles, quartz crystals, oddly shaped 

 and curious rock formations, and 

 even fossils were commonly met with 

 and serve as testimony of ancient 

 animistic beliefs. In one room was 

 Human burial in refuse heap on which uncovered a small altar in the shape 



was later built a two or three story house. Q f a ] ow platform. On it stood 



The body was tightly doubled up and laid .,' , „ , 



face down a human-like image of stone and 



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