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was not SO deeply set into the ground. The masonry of KT-II is of 

 the same type and material, but the method of construction is slightly 

 different. The walls at the southeast and southwest corners of KT-II 

 are joined together, but abut at the northeast and northwest corners 

 where wedges were driven between to strengthen the walls (pi. 22, 

 fig, i). The tying of the walls in the two corners noted is well done 

 and appears to have been intentional. All four walls are of masonry, 

 plastered, and firmly constructed, contrasting greatly with the in- 

 secure walls of KT-I. The walls were straight and firm, with the 

 exception of the north and south sides which were slightly bowed 

 inward from pressure of the material against them. 



The room floor consists of sandstone- slabs of the same material 

 and comparable in size to those in KT-I. On the east side of the floor 

 are five holes, in line and averaging 11 inches from center to center. 

 On the west side is another series of holes, averaging 15 inches apart. 

 All holes are approximately 2f inches in diameter. That they were 

 probably for the purpose of fastening loom frames to the floor is in- 

 dicated by the fact that both series were immediately beneath roof 

 beams running parallel with the series. The charred remains of these 

 beams may be seen in the accompanying photograph (pi. 22, fig. 2). 

 No evidence of a sipapu was found. 



The roughly squared firepit is 3 feet 3^ inches from the base of 

 the platform, and is in line with the ventilator and deflector. The 

 pit, 10 inches deep and lined with clay, is flush with the floor; its 

 corners are rounded. 



The deflector, a sandstone slab i foot laj inches from the ven- 

 tilator, is I foot 10 inches high, 2 feet 4^ inches wide, and if inches 

 thick. The top is slightly rounded and the base is firmly set in the 

 floor. 



As in KT-I, the ventilator entrance is in the front side of the 

 platform, which lies 2 feet 6 inches above the floor. Across the 

 bottom of this entrance, 18 inches wide by 23 inches high, is a sill 

 4 inches high; across the top, a sandstone lintel. The roof of the 

 passageway had been composed of small twigs, placed close together 

 and covered with adobe as in KT-I. Over this roof, which is 3 inches 

 thick, are the flagstones of the platform. From front to back, the 

 width of the platform is 3 feet 6 inches (fig. 25) ; the length of the 

 passageway, including the base of the air shaft, is 5 feet 6 inches. 

 The sides of the passageway are of masonry, and still show signs 

 of" plaster. In the passageway, 20 inches from the entrance, is a clay 

 step I foot high. The floor is paved from the entrance to this step. 



