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the platform and outer wall ; and the ventilator or air shaft connect- 

 ing with the passageway outside of the kiva wall. Banquettes and 

 pilasters are absent in both KT-I and II, and the presence of a 

 sipapu is questionable. 



The ceiling height is not known, but in the northeast and south- 

 west corners, 6 feet ii inches above the floor, three courses of 

 masonry remain as a possible support for the original roof timbers. 

 The roof was probably just above ground, as is the case with the 

 older historic Hopi kivas. The original ceiling height is estimated 

 to have been between 7 and 8 feet. 



In determining the length of the chamber, the raised platform 

 alcove must be considered, for it is really a part of the same room. 

 In KT-I, the depth of the platform is 4 feet i inch ; this, added to the, 

 length of the kiva room, makes a total length of about 17 feet. Over- 

 looking the principal floor area as it does, the platform provided 

 space for spectators just as we saw them during practice of the Bean 

 Dance at Oraibi in 1928.' 



In front of and on each side of the platform alcove is a jog or 

 offset (pi. 21, fig. i). That on the west is 8^ inches wide; that on the 

 east, 6| inches. Both offsets are of masonry abutting the cut banks 

 which form the kiva walls. 



As previously stated, the side walls of the kiva are of adobe plaster 

 applied directly to the sandy face of the original excavation. I do 

 not recall any other pueblo ruin so late as Kin Tiel in which plastered 

 earth walls substituted for masonry. Only the firm condition of 

 the sand bed made this possible. But that the builders were taking a 

 chance is shown by the later collapse of the plastered banks. 



The collapse of the roof was obviously caused by the caving of 

 the west wall. That this accident came suddenly and without warn- 

 ing is evidenced by the fact that five men were caught between the 

 settling ceiling and the floor. Two jumbled skeletons were on the 

 southwest end of the platform. A few feet northeast of the fire- 

 pit, and in a sprawled position with the head resting on a pile of 

 tumbled rocks, was found the third skeleton, which was partly 

 burned. The skull and upper part of the body were burned where 

 they came in contact with the burned part of a large juniper beam. 

 The lower part of the skeleton, lying free from the beam, was ex- 

 cellently preserved, being covered with wind-blown sand that had 

 sifted through the roof. Two tubular bone beads, several large circu- 



' Nat. Geogr. Mag., \^ol. 56, No. 6, p. 755. Washington, IQ29. 



