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dence is largely lacking in the several rooms but the information 

 gathered has been sufficient, nevertheless, to aitord accurate compari- 

 son with that of other sections. It is now certain that Pueblo Bonito 

 is not the result of a single, continuous ]:)eriod of construction, rather, 

 that it took its final form after much building and rebuilding in which 

 substantial homes were razed to make way for others. 



A deep trench was cut in the east refuse mound in order to obtain 

 chronological data for use, with similar information gathered in the 



Fig. 128. — Part of the excavated northeast section of Pueblo Bonito at 

 the close of the 1922 season. Most of these rooms had been abandoned 

 prior to the general exodus from the village and were utilized as dumping 

 places for refuse by families which continued to dwell nearby. (Photo- 

 graph by Neil M. Judd. Courtesy of the National Geographic Society.) 



west refuse mound during 1921, in tracing the cultural development 

 of Pueblo Bonito and establishing relative dates, if possible, for the 

 several foreign influxes already apparent. As has been previously 

 noted, clans from the Mesa Verde, in Colorado, and from the valley 

 of the Little Colorado River, in Arizona, and elsewhere, came to 

 dwell at Pueblo Bonito at some time after the establishment of the 

 great commiuiity house. The expedition seeks to isolate these outside 

 influences and to determine the effect they exerted upon the distinc- 

 tive local culture. 



