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The forms of the Elden Pueblo pottery are food bowls, ladles, 
dippers, vases, mugs, and ollas. Several very characteristic pieces 
of the black and white ware are effigy forms. There occur remark- 
able bracelets made of clamshell (Pectunculus), with incised orna- 
mentation, from the Pacific coast, and there are ornamented bone 
objects which may be mentioned among the rare specimens. Tur- 
quoise beads and shells, which when strung formed strands of a 
necklace several feet in length, were sifted out of the soil found 
near the necks of skeletons. There were undoubted examples of 
shells set with turquoise mosaics, but they were more or less dam- 
aged by long presence in the ground. Stone implements were ex- 
cavated more commonly in the rooms of the building, and there 
were several different forms of paint grinders, which enrich the col- 
lection. There is nowhere a larger or better collection from Ari- 
zona than that excavated from Elden Pueblo. 
One of the most significant discoveries at Elden Pueblo was a 
room called the kiva or ceremonial chamber about midway in the 
length of the ruin on its east side. The kiva has thus far not been 
described from the Flagstaff area and its existence has been denied 
in the ruins of this area. 
The kiva of Elden Pueblo is very large and rectangular in form 
with round corners. It is partly subterranean and has a banquette 
extending wholly around the wall of the room, but no pilasters; 
it also has a ventilator opening externally in the east wall, peculiari- 
ties which occur in the ruins at Marsh Pass and elsewhere in northern 
Arizona. It thus appears that the legend of the modern Hopi that 
certain of the Hopi clans formerly lived on the San Juan and its 
tributaries is not fanciful, but that what they recount of the southern 
migration of these clans before they settled on their present mesas 
is supported by archeological evidences in architecture as well as 
ceramics. 
Several Hopi visitors retold their legends, published by the chief 
many years ago, that the ruins under Mount Elden were settlements 
of the Hopi in their ancient migrations, and as far as it goes the 
archeology of Elden Pueblo supports these legends which are some- 
times very vague, differing somewhat in minor particulars. These 
legends differ in the names of the Hopi clans that lived at Elden 
Pueblo, but the Snake, Badger, and Patki are all mentioned as former 
inhabitants. 
The particular claim of this pueblo for popular consideration is 
that it is easily accessible and not far from the city of Flagstaff. 
It bids fair to be visited in the future by many tourists who now 
pass through northern Arizona to visit its attractions, such as the 
Grand Canyon and the great bridges, and to attend the ceremonial 
survivals of the ancient religious rites of the Hopi. The number 
