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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



is suggestive of the entry-ways in earth lodges l)uilt l)y modern hnHans, 

 hy the Eskimo, and even Iw the Palae-Asiatic peoples. 



The dimensions of the main room of the houses averaged 12 by 14 

 feet, and the excavation was three feet deep. The angle of the small 

 post holes around the periphery indicated that the ceiling of the flat 

 portion of the superstructure had been about six feet above the floor. 



A striking and somewhat unexpected feature of the village was the 

 large circular enclosure which a]:)pears to have ])een a kiva. As in the 

 houses, slabs were used extensively in its construction. Large flat 



In.. 192. — Typical house remains, illustrating u>c (if >Umc .siali.s in lining 

 the excavation. Post holes and firepit shown in floor of room. Ante-chamber 

 beyond doorway in center of slab wall. 



stones lined the periphery of the excavation and the facing of the en- 

 circling bench was of the same material (fig. 194). The space between 

 the two rows of slabs was filled with adobe mortar and stone spalls. 

 On top of the l)ench was a smooth hard coating of plaster. The roof 

 was supported on four large posts and no doubt was of the same type 

 of construction as in the houses. There was a rectangular firepit near 

 the center of the room but no " si])a])u " in evidence. Set in the floor 

 between the firepit and the south side of the room was the broken 

 end of a large stone slab, the deflector. There did not appear to have 

 been an ante-chamber on the southern side and the entrance to the 

 structure was probably through the roof. 



