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directed, respectively, to the central and southeastern portions of the 

 pueblo. The central wing was considered of prime importance since 

 it included the Great Kiva, the civil and religious heart of Pueblo 

 Bonito; the southeastern quarter was chosen because its masonry, 

 apparently the most recent of all in the village, suggested that antiq- 

 uities found in this area would illustrate the very apex of cultural 

 advancement by the ancient Bonitians, thus forming an index for sub- 

 sequent discoveries. 



Fig. III. — Zuni workmen pointing out features of the masonry in Pueblo 

 Bonito, which is far superior to that in their own village. The skill exhibited 

 by the ancient artisans was a source of constant admiration to these modern 

 Pueblos. (Photograph by Neil M. Judd. Courtesy of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society.) 



Altogether, fifty secular rooms and five kivas were excavated during 

 the summer. In addition, a number of dwellings previously opened 

 were cleared of their individual accumulations of wind-deposited sand 

 and other debris. An outstanding result of this work was identifica- 

 tion of three distinct types of masonry, each illustrating the dominant 

 construction method at a given period during occupancy of the village. 

 It is, of course, still too early to designate the factors which brought 

 about these various styles in building, just as any present efifort to 

 trace the ground area formerly occupied by each of the three types 



