﻿PIT 
  HOUSES 
  — 
  JUDD. 
  

  

  401 
  

  

  cular 
  fireplace, 
  10 
  inches 
  (25.4 
  cm.) 
  deep, 
  occupied 
  a 
  favored 
  

   position 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  lodge; 
  its 
  diameter, 
  as 
  measured 
  from 
  

   the 
  crown 
  of 
  its 
  slightly 
  raised 
  rim, 
  was 
  36 
  inches 
  (91.4 
  cm.) 
  but 
  this 
  

   was 
  reduced 
  to 
  22 
  inches 
  (55.8 
  cm.) 
  at 
  its 
  own 
  floor 
  level 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   sharp 
  slope 
  of 
  its 
  adobe 
  sides 
  (pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  2). 
  The 
  fireplace 
  was 
  filled 
  

  

  Fio. 
  1. 
  — 
  Pit 
  House 
  No. 
  1, 
  ground 
  plan 
  and 
  section, 
  Cliaco 
  Canyon. 
  

  

  with 
  coarse 
  ashes 
  in 
  which 
  bits 
  of 
  greasewood 
  predominated. 
  A 
  

   mere 
  handful 
  of 
  broken 
  deer 
  bones, 
  split 
  for 
  the 
  extraction 
  of 
  mar- 
  

   row, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  mammal 
  and 
  bird 
  bones 
  were 
  scattered 
  through 
  

   the 
  earth 
  which 
  filled 
  the 
  pit; 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  fire- 
  

   place. 
  

  

  Against 
  the 
  east 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  chamber 
  were 
  three 
  bins 
  each 
  formed 
  

   by 
  upright 
  slabs 
  of 
  sandstone 
  (fig. 
  1; 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  1). 
  Two 
  of 
  these 
  

  

  