l86 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



The specimens were obtained from the houses and the graves. 

 Burials were for the most part located in the refuse mounds. The 

 remains of 60 individuals were uncovered and in all but one instance 

 funerary offerings were found near the head. In the case of the 

 single exception the pottery accompanying the body had been placed 

 at the feet. This was probably due to an error and the unintentional 

 reversing of the body bundle, because all of the other interments had 

 the head to the east while here it was to the west. 



Additional examples of the handiwork of the inhabitants of the 

 community are to be observed along the cliffs to the north of the large 

 structure. Here a large number of figures were cut and pecked into 

 the rocks. They occur singly and in groups. One cluster is especially 

 interesting because of the variety of things represented (fig. 162). 

 In addition to strictly geometrical patterns, there are numerous quad- 

 rupeds, a humpbacked flute player, a human hand, and a great diver- 

 sity of serpent symbols. Not far from this prehistoric series of rock 

 drawings is a group of pictures made by some of the present day 

 Zuni. The contrast between the two sets of figures is striking. The 

 modern examples are done in color and are quite lifelike in char- 

 acter (fig. 163). 



As a result of the summer's investigations it is possible to state that 

 this community belonged to the great period of the prehistoric Pueblos, 

 the era which is designated Pueblo III in southwestern chronology. 

 The houses were probably built and occupied late in the 12th century 

 A. D. Evidence also shows that there was a fusion of two groups of 

 people at this location. One came from the Chaco area in the north 

 and the other from the Upper Gila villages in the south. This is the 

 first time that a complete group belonging to this phase of Pueblo 

 development had been thoroughly excavated in the Zuhi region and 

 the information obtained from it will be of considerable help in the 

 solution of problems pertaining to the district. 



