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apparently grew very little after that time. A century later, the Show- 

 low pueblo was still growing, then suddenly stopped and from all 

 indications was involuntarily abandoned. The highest refinement in 

 masonry is shown at Pinedale in the rooms dating towards the close 

 of the 13th century. Several shallow late walls at this site and all of 

 the late 14th century structures at Showlow indicate a marked retro- 

 gression in construction. This is in accord with the general trend of 

 Pueblo architecture manifested in the ruins built after the Great 

 Period (Pueblo III). The length of the occupation at Showlow, 

 which Hough believed to be short, is approximately 200 years as 

 indicated by datable charcoal, but, since charcoal is lacking from the 

 old northeast quarter which appears to be still older than the first 

 definite Showlow horizon, we can assume a considerably longer period 

 of occupancy. The greatest exodus at the Pinedale pueblo seems to 

 have taken place early in the 14th century, at least before the develop- 

 ment of Four-mile polychrome in its fullest form. The presence of a 

 smkll percentage of the latter indicates, however, that a few indi- 

 viduals remained or returned subsequent to the abandonment. 



Concerning the development of ceramics during the lapse of time 

 represented by the present diggings, we find it necessary to correlate 

 the data from both ruins in order to place the material in its sequential 

 order. Three periods are registered which pass almost imperceptibly 

 into each other. For the oldest horizon represented in tests i, 2, 3, 

 and 12 at Showlow, we have ascribed the tentative date of 1204; the 

 second period manifested at Pinedale is 1290; the last phase at Show- 

 low again, is 1375. First period forms of decorated ware are black- 

 on- white which evidences foreign influence, and black-on-orange-red 

 with white exterior designs, possibly of local derivation. This phase 

 is probably broadly coincident with Hodge's pre-Hawikuh Period A.' 

 It is worthy of note that the pottery of Chaco traits existed in this 

 region possibly a hundred years after the Chaco Canyon culture 

 ceased." This is a good example of the survival in marginal areas of 

 a trait which has died out in the center of origin. 



By about 1290 the black-on-white, which was still abundant, had 

 been more or less standardized into a form typical of the region but 

 with the retention of definite traits exhibited in black-on-white found 

 along the Salt River. It represents probably the last survival of black- 

 on-white pottery south of the Santa Fe railroad. Decorated redware 



' Hodge, F. W., 1923, p. 29. 

 'Judd, N. M., (in preparation). 



