NO. IT PUEBLO RUINS IN ARIZONA — HAURY AND HARGRAVR 8l 



Unlike other known ruins in the district, the outer wall of Kin 

 Tiel was unbroken save for narrow passageways.* Terraced dwellings 

 looked down upon open courts as in the case of Pueblo Bonito; these 

 courts were separated by a stream channel which appears to have been 

 crossed by extensions of the outer wall of the village, if we may judge 

 from Mindeleff's carefully prepared plan. 



Toward the west end of the pueblo and crossed by the wash, or 

 stream channel, a masonry-walled spring furnished the village folk 

 with an abundance of clean pure water. Today this spring is used by 

 Mrs. D. W. Balcolm," the present owner, who has installed a pump 

 to supply domestic water for her trading post, as well as water for the 

 (locks of Navajo sheep that range the district. When Mindeleff made 

 his reconnaissance the location of this spring was unknown,' and he 

 comments upon the apparent lack of an adequate water supply. The 

 spring was discovered about 40 years ago by Mr. Hawthorn, who 

 settled and built a trading post nearby, and who unfortunately de- 

 stroyed most of the outer wall of the ruin in his search for suitable 

 building material. This destruction has been completed within the 

 past two years, for the foundation stones at Kin Tiel were quite 

 naturally preferred in the construction of modern dwellings. In con- 

 sequence, no primitive masonry today stands above ground. The 

 Butterfly Ruin has been levelled utterly; its once terraced chambers 

 have been reduced to a low, wide-spread mound of sandstone blocks 

 and adobe mortar. 



KIVA KT-I 



Since the sole object of the National Geographic Society's 1929 

 expedition was to secure datable beam material, and since previous 

 experience had taught us that the largest beams were likely to be 

 found in kivas, the well-known subterranean ceremonial chambers 

 of the Pueblo tribes, our initial efforts in Kin Tiel were directed 

 toward discovering burned rooms of this type. A large circular de- 

 pression was therefore chosen for excavation. This, because of its 

 location and diameter, was thought to indicate a kiva of Pueblo Bonito 

 type. Certain local resemblances to Bonitian architecture and pottery 

 had greatly influenced this belief, in spite of the traditional connec- 



'8th Ann. Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., 1886-7, P- 92. 



" We wish to acknowledge Mrs. Balcolm's wilhng cooperation in the purpose 

 of the expedition, her generous permission to excavate and her warm hospitality 

 which was extended to the members of our party. 



^ 8th Ann. Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., 1886-7, P- 92- 



