﻿PIT 
  HOUSES 
  — 
  JUDD. 
  411 
  

  

  end 
  has 
  been 
  gouged 
  through 
  with 
  a 
  flint 
  drill. 
  The 
  larger 
  opening 
  

   shows 
  unmistakably 
  the 
  use 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  object 
  was 
  put. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  specimens 
  (324823) 
  is 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  what 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  hollow 
  handle 
  of 
  a 
  ladle, 
  reworked 
  perhaps 
  

   for 
  intended 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  pipe. 
  The 
  smaller 
  end 
  has 
  been 
  carefully 
  

   smoothed, 
  while 
  the 
  fractured 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  opposite 
  end 
  shows 
  but 
  

   slight 
  rubbing. 
  A 
  certain 
  doubt 
  arises 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  par- 
  

   ticular 
  fragment, 
  for 
  its 
  superior 
  paste, 
  its 
  white 
  slip, 
  and 
  its 
  style 
  

   of 
  ornamentation 
  all 
  tend 
  to 
  place 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  culture 
  later 
  than 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  pit 
  dwellers. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  question, 
  however, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  direct 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  artifacts 
  here 
  described. 
  

  

  Several 
  charred 
  fragments 
  of 
  a 
  small, 
  finely 
  woven 
  coiled 
  basket, 
  

   gathered 
  from 
  among 
  the 
  debris 
  in 
  the 
  arroyo, 
  obviously 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  

   importance 
  of 
  this 
  collection. 
  The 
  technique 
  is 
  " 
  two 
  rod 
  and 
  splint," 
  

   as 
  described 
  by 
  O. 
  T. 
  Mason. 
  18 
  Of 
  still 
  further 
  interest 
  are 
  the 
  

   charred 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  re- 
  

   markably 
  thin 
  sandals 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  bench 
  at 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   room. 
  In 
  these 
  the 
  weft 
  is 
  a 
  

   twisted 
  thread 
  of 
  a 
  fine, 
  uniden- 
  

   tified 
  fiber 
  woven 
  over 
  paral- 
  

   lel-warp 
  cords 
  of 
  yucca 
  which 
  

   are 
  arranged 
  after 
  the 
  fashion 
  of 
  

   those 
  in 
  a 
  cliff-dweller 
  sandal 
  

  

  n 
  .. 
  , 
  . 
  _ 
  -^ 
  Fia. 
  4. 
  — 
  Earthenware 
  pipe. 
  

  

  figured 
  by 
  Kidder 
  and 
  Guern- 
  

   sey. 
  19 
  One 
  may 
  judge 
  of 
  the 
  exceptional 
  fineness 
  of 
  the 
  weave 
  in 
  

   these 
  specimens 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  9 
  warp 
  

   and 
  32 
  weft 
  strands 
  to 
  the 
  inch. 
  The 
  importance 
  of 
  these 
  fragments 
  

   lies 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that, 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  dwellings, 
  pit-house 
  

   sandals 
  and 
  basketry 
  are 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  Discovery 
  of 
  these 
  charred 
  

   specimens, 
  however, 
  encourages 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  other, 
  perhaps 
  more 
  

   perfect, 
  examples 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  as 
  investigation 
  of 
  pit-house 
  remains 
  

   progresses. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  artifacts 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  the 
  collection 
  in- 
  

   cludes 
  two 
  incomplete 
  bone 
  awls 
  (324824), 
  a 
  reworked 
  fragment 
  of 
  

   a 
  shell 
  bracelet 
  (324825), 
  two 
  flint 
  knives 
  or 
  scrapers 
  (324826), 
  and 
  

   several 
  stone 
  hammers, 
  manos, 
  etc. 
  Three 
  broad, 
  thin 
  metates 
  and 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  smoothing 
  and 
  grinding 
  stones, 
  recovered 
  from 
  the 
  mass 
  

   of 
  fallen 
  adobe 
  (pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  1), 
  were 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  material 
  

   brought 
  to 
  Washington. 
  

  

  Lying 
  upon 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  between 
  the 
  fireplace 
  and 
  the 
  

   west 
  bench, 
  its 
  head 
  to 
  the 
  northwest, 
  was 
  the 
  incomplete 
  skeleton 
  of 
  

   a 
  young 
  female. 
  Caving 
  of 
  the 
  arroyo 
  bank 
  had 
  torn 
  away 
  all 
  the 
  

  

  " 
  An. 
  Rep., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1902, 
  p. 
  246. 
  

  

  » 
  Bull. 
  65, 
  Bur. 
  Amer. 
  Ethnol., 
  flg. 
  38, 
  p. 
  104. 
  

  

  