MESA VEKDE PUEBLO FEWKES. 479 



derived from architecture, but a consideration of their significance 

 in all its bearings must be left to a more exhaustive technical dis- 

 cussion than is here possible. 



During the removal of earth from the rooms a large number of 

 these small objects were found, but in the present paper it is impos- 

 sible to do more than consider a few of the many relics excavated in 

 the course of the summer. The majority of the objects came from 

 the floors and in debris of the rooms, but a number were picked up 

 outside the walls. These objects are practically identical with those 

 found in cliff dwellings, indicating a similarity of culture notwith- 

 standing there is a noticeable variation, especially in designs used 

 in pottery decoration. Many duplicates of stone objects, as metates, 

 manos (hand stones), pecking stones, mortars, and the like, were 

 gathered together and left in a conspicuous place where they could 

 be seen by visitors, but the majority, and all unique objects, were 

 brought to Washington to be deposited in the National Museum, as 

 required by law. 



Several of the smaller stones with incised figures were set in ce- 

 ment on the south wall about midway in its length near the ladder 

 recess; other larger stones and some with incised figures were ar- 

 ranged on the deflectors of the kivas, where they can readily be 

 inspected. 



Many visitors commented on the large number of household 

 implements found here as compared with the paucity of the same at 

 Sun Temple. The explanation of this fact is apparent, for the open- 

 air house was inhabited for a considerable time while Sun Temple 

 never had a population. The scarcity of wooden implements, bas- 

 ketry, and woven fabrics of various kinds is probably due to the ex- 

 posure of the rooms after they were deserted. Objects of this kind 

 left behind long ago decayed ; in some rooms there is evidence on the 

 walls of an extensive conflagration which would have destroyed 

 everything inflammable. 



STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



A good series of stone hatchets and stone mawls was excavated 

 from the rooms. These are generally grooved and polished, some- 

 times with sharp edges, although hatchets with rough surfaces and 

 those with blunt edges worn down by hammering are also numerous. 

 A few blades, possibly knives, are very finely chipped. There should 

 also be mentioned well-made arrowheads and half a dozen well- 

 fashioned spear points, but none of these have shafts. Celts called 

 tcamakia, peculiar to cliff dwellings, were also found. A stone club 

 unlike any weapon previously reported from the Mesa Verde was 

 found on the surface. 



