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floor near the rim of the shrine was possil^ly reserved for an idol or 

 the altar during ceremonies. 



Midway in the length of the west side of the ruin there remain 

 foundations of a circular tower whose wall once rose, like a minaret, 

 several feet above the roofs of surrounding rooms. The altitude of 

 this tower was no doubt formerly sufficient for a wide outlook, and 

 its top, rising above the cedars, served as the elevation from which 

 the sun priests watched the sun's position on the horizon at sunrise 

 and sunset. It was perhaps built as an observatory for determining 

 time for planting and other agricultural events, and may likewise 

 have been used in certain solar rites. 



Fig. 96. — Storage jars in place as found in northeast corner room of Pipe 

 Shrine House. Four of these made of corrugated and one smooth white 

 ware with black decoration. (Photograph by J. W. Fewkes.) 



The chambers surrounding the central kiva do not appear adapted 

 for habitations ; several were more likely used for storage of food, 

 or for other secular purposes. In a room situated on the northeast 

 angle several pottery vessels were found arranged in a row (fig. 96). 

 It would appear that the site of the kiva was dug out by the ancients 

 before these rooms were built, and that the rooms forming the north 

 side were built later than the others and constructed of poorer masonry 

 than those of the south side, where the masonry compares very well 

 with the best on the Mesa. The east rooms are well made and 

 resemble those of Sun Temple. There are two entrances or passage- 

 ways through the south side, midway between which on the outer 

 surface there is set in the wall a large stone with a spiral incised figure 



