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itself is usually, but not always, different in type thus indicating that 

 people with entirely distinct cultural customs reoccupied this section 

 of the pueblo prior to its final abandonment. 



Among the artifacts collected during the past two years are speci- 

 mens and many fragments of mosaic. These, with the number and 



Fig. 135. — A circular pre-Pueblo dwelling, i mile east of Pueblo Bonito, 

 was cross sectioned by caving of the arroyo bank. Twelve feet of blown 

 sand and water-deposited silt had accumulated upon the floor of the room 

 whose furnishings included a central fireplace (above the Indian) and a 

 semi-circular bench (at upper left). Charred fragments of roofing poles 

 are plainly seen. (Photograph by Neil M. Judd. Courtesy of the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society. ) 



variety of bracelets, pendants and other objects of personal adornment 

 already recovered, tend to confirm the Navaho and other traditions 

 relating to the great wealth of the ancient Bonitians. Pueblo Bonito 

 is still identified among the Indians of northwestern New Mexico as 

 a village where turquoise and rare shells were abundant. The pottery 



