﻿PIT 
  HOUSES 
  — 
  JUDD. 
  

  

  407 
  

  

  rubbed 
  piece 
  of 
  red 
  ocher 
  (315895), 
  an 
  unworked 
  bit 
  of 
  compact 
  

   yellow 
  clay, 
  probably 
  intended 
  for 
  paint, 
  a 
  small 
  ball 
  of 
  impure 
  

   sandstone 
  (315897), 
  and 
  two 
  disconnected 
  portions 
  of 
  an 
  earthen- 
  

   ware 
  bowl 
  (315901). 
  The 
  latter 
  only 
  are 
  of 
  especial 
  interest 
  at 
  this 
  

   time. 
  

  

  Its 
  fragments 
  show 
  the 
  bowl 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  about 
  7 
  inches 
  (17.01 
  

   cm.) 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  3£ 
  inches 
  deep 
  (8.88 
  cm.) 
  with 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   less 
  than 
  three-sixteenths 
  inch. 
  The 
  paste, 
  which 
  is 
  rather 
  coarse 
  

   and 
  filled 
  with 
  tiny 
  quartz 
  crystals, 
  has 
  been 
  fired 
  to 
  a 
  uniform 
  pink- 
  

   ish 
  yellow. 
  Although 
  its 
  outer 
  surface 
  remains 
  somewhat 
  uneven, 
  

   the 
  interior 
  exhibits 
  a 
  fine, 
  smooth 
  finish 
  on 
  which 
  a 
  geometric 
  de- 
  

   sign 
  has 
  been 
  drawn 
  with 
  dark 
  red 
  paint. 
  This 
  design 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  ac- 
  

   curately 
  reconstructed 
  from 
  the 
  sherds 
  at 
  hand, 
  but 
  it 
  consists, 
  ap- 
  

   parently, 
  of 
  a 
  central 
  decoration 
  of 
  thin, 
  parallel 
  lines 
  with 
  terraced 
  

   or 
  " 
  cloud 
  " 
  elements, 
  joined 
  to 
  

   a 
  horizontal 
  band 
  just 
  within 
  

   the 
  rim 
  by 
  four 
  V-shaped 
  units 
  

   from 
  which 
  hang 
  solid 
  tri- 
  

   angles 
  and 
  within 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  

   single 
  row 
  of 
  dots 
  inclosing 
  an 
  

   open 
  triangle. 
  These 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  differ 
  both 
  in 
  paste 
  and 
  

   decoration 
  from 
  sherds 
  associ- 
  

   ated 
  with 
  the 
  more 
  recent 
  

   stone- 
  walled 
  ruins 
  near 
  the 
  pit 
  

   house 
  and 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  not 
  un- 
  

   skilled 
  in 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  pottery 
  manufacture. 
  

  

  An 
  earthenware 
  pipe 
  of 
  rather 
  unusual 
  shape 
  (fig. 
  3) 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  between 
  the 
  fireplace- 
  and 
  the 
  slab 
  bins. 
  Its 
  

   bowl 
  resembles 
  a 
  miniature 
  jar 
  with 
  a 
  constricted 
  opening 
  and 
  with 
  

   one 
  side 
  drawn 
  out 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  round 
  stem, 
  now 
  broken 
  ; 
  its 
  surface 
  is 
  

   roughly 
  smoothed 
  and 
  bears 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  ornamentation. 
  The 
  stem 
  

   had 
  been 
  perforated 
  by 
  pushing 
  a 
  coarse 
  straw 
  from 
  the 
  bit 
  toward 
  

   the 
  bowl 
  while 
  the 
  clay 
  was 
  yet 
  plastic. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  1£ 
  inches 
  

   high 
  by 
  1| 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  2 
  \ 
  inches 
  long 
  (3.12 
  by 
  3.81 
  by 
  5.71 
  cm.) 
  

   with 
  a 
  three-fourths 
  inch 
  orifice 
  ; 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  use 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  The 
  really 
  abundant 
  material 
  recovered 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   pit 
  house, 
  excavated 
  in 
  1922, 
  happily 
  balances 
  the 
  paucity 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  the 
  first. 
  Among 
  the 
  heavy 
  blocks 
  of 
  clay 
  which 
  had 
  

   crashed 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  arroyo 
  (pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  silty 
  deposits 
  

   which 
  filled 
  that 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  pit 
  house 
  not 
  destroyed 
  were 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  potherds 
  and 
  other 
  artifacts 
  abandoned 
  by 
  the 
  one-time 
  in- 
  

   habitants. 
  Several 
  jars 
  had 
  been 
  left 
  in 
  or 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  slab 
  bins 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Earthenware 
  pipe. 
  

  

  