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Before the present operations were started the surface was found 

 to be pitted here and there by the work of previous excavators and 

 pot-hunters, and by shallow trenches where rocks had been removed 

 for building purposes. Residents of Pinedale informed us that 

 as late as 1887 sections of walls were still standing to a height of 

 from 3 to 4 feet above ground. These as well as parts of some walls 

 not exposed were subsequently removed by the early settlers for 

 building stones. Rubbish heaps are located on the east and west sides 

 of the main unit, and lesser deposits of debris are to be found along 

 the north side of the east wing. Fewkes ^ worked the east midden 

 extensively for burials in 1901. 



Our search for charcoal in the Pinedale ruin showed the existence 

 of a different condition from that noted at Showlow. Out of a total 

 of 21 rooms opened, only four produced charcoal or otherwise indi- 

 cated that they had been destroyed by fire. From all appearances, the 

 pueblo was evacuated voluntarily some years before the Showlow 

 ruin as we will endeavor presently to show. These burned rooms 

 are no doubt the results of accidents ; in only one instance did we 

 observe what appears to be intentional firing. 



For the initial test, a place was selected in the southeast section 

 near the plaza. In an older excavation near this spot, charcoal was 

 in evidence. This test, designated in figure 11 as Pi (P is equivalent 

 to the symbol T of the Showlow workings), was eventually extended 

 into three adjoining rooms, two of which were burned. The east 

 half of room i was excavated and the remainder was left undisturbed 

 because of the presence of a growing pine tree. Small charred beams 

 showing short ring records were recovered from this room. Room 2 

 proved to be of interest because of its use as a depository for rubbish 

 both before and after its burning. Several good beam sections, EH-56 

 (see pi. 15, fig. I, for photograph of this beam in situ) and EH-62 

 were recovered whose outer rings dated 1286 and 1273 respectively. 

 Room 3 was unproductive of charcoal, hence only partially excavated. 



Tests 3, 4, and 5 all showed an unburned condition. Test 6 devel- 

 oped into a kiva which to our good fortune was burned. All charcoal 

 was either directly on the slab floor or on the platform along the east 

 wall, indicating that its destruction probably took place while it was 

 in use. Here two good beam sections were encountered, as well as 

 numerous small fragments. Specimen EH-68 is a section of a pine 

 plank about 18 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 2^ inches thick. It 

 rested on the platform about midway between the east and west wall 

 (pi. 15, fig. 2) and may originally have been a part of the frame of 



* Fewkes, J. W., 1904, pp. 164-167. 



