﻿PIT 
  HOUSES 
  — 
  JUDD. 
  413 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  " 
  Chronology 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  area," 
  Morris 
  21 
  assigns 
  to 
  the 
  

   " 
  pre-Pueblo 
  " 
  period 
  dwellings 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  herein 
  considered 
  

   and 
  those 
  of 
  wattled 
  construction 
  in 
  which 
  upright 
  slabs 
  were 
  oc- 
  

   casionally 
  incorporated 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wall. 
  Such 
  

   classification 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  justified 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  ceramic 
  remains 
  

   only, 
  and, 
  indeed, 
  the 
  slight 
  difference 
  in 
  architecture 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  

   be 
  merely 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  environment 
  or 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  a 
  clan 
  system, 
  

   for 
  " 
  slab 
  houses 
  " 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  groups 
  more 
  frequently 
  than 
  are 
  

   pit 
  dwellings. 
  But 
  Morris 
  observes 
  that 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  crania 
  

   from 
  pre-Pueblo 
  sites 
  is 
  dolichocephalic, 
  although 
  some 
  skulls 
  with 
  

   occipital 
  flattening, 
  possibly 
  brachycephalic, 
  have 
  been 
  recovered. 
  

   It 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  therefore, 
  whether 
  this 
  peculiar 
  custom 
  of 
  

   artificial 
  deformation 
  is 
  identified 
  with 
  pit 
  houses 
  only 
  or 
  with 
  

   both 
  types 
  of 
  pre-Pueblo 
  habitations 
  equally; 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  early 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  a 
  rigid 
  type 
  of 
  cradle 
  board 
  or 
  the 
  immi- 
  

   gration 
  of 
  a 
  separate 
  people, 
  as 
  has 
  commonly 
  been 
  held 
  heretofore. 
  

  

  Surely 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  pressing 
  needs 
  of 
  southwestern 
  archeology 
  

   to-day 
  is 
  a 
  clearer 
  definition 
  and 
  a 
  broader 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  pre- 
  

   Pueblo 
  " 
  stage 
  in 
  our 
  chronological 
  system. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  very 
  germ 
  

   of 
  that 
  widely 
  distributed 
  culture 
  which 
  found 
  its 
  greatest 
  prehistoric 
  

   development 
  in 
  such 
  marvels 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  creative 
  genius 
  as 
  Pueblo 
  

   Bonito 
  and 
  which 
  still 
  struggles 
  to 
  maintain 
  its 
  individuality 
  m 
  

   modern 
  pueblos 
  such 
  as 
  Walpi, 
  Oraibi, 
  Zufii, 
  and 
  others. 
  But 
  these 
  

   needs 
  may 
  be 
  realized 
  only 
  through 
  painstaking 
  labor 
  in 
  crude, 
  ill- 
  

   defined 
  ruins, 
  often 
  difficult 
  of 
  access 
  and, 
  be 
  it 
  said 
  with 
  regret, 
  so 
  

   unpromising 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  rarely 
  left 
  solely 
  to 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  the 
  

   student 
  of 
  ancient 
  history. 
  

  

  ■ 
  Proc. 
  Nat. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  do. 
  1, 
  p. 
  20, 
  1921. 
  

  

  