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the deflector. About 6 inches below the level of the kiva floor in the 

 earth and rocks, was found a Jeddito black-on-yellow sherd. The 

 platform also was originally paved with flagstones but several were 

 removed by our Indian workmen before the error was discovered. The 

 only flagstones now remaining on the platform are at the southeast 

 end. On the floor of the kiva 2 feet from the northeast wall and 3 

 feet from the base of the platform, is a line of four holes with an 

 average diameter of 2 inches, which are 19 inches from center to 

 center. The belief that these holes were used in weaving is supported 

 by finding two " loom blocks " in the kiva (pi. 23, fig. i). These blocks 

 are of sandstone and are about 11^ inches long, 8 inches wide, and 

 6J inches thick. Sandstone blocks similar to these, but longer, and 

 with hand holds pecked in each end are found in modern Hopi kivas 

 where their uses also vary. At the present time so little weaving is 

 done that they are used primarily for seats. On the southwest side is 

 another line of four holes, 4 feet i inch from the platform, and i foot 

 from the southwest wall. These holes are slightly larger than those 

 on the northeast side, being 2^ inches in diameter, and are 18 inches 

 from center to center. All holes on the southwest side were plugged 

 with clay, which may be accounted for by their nearness to the south- 

 west wall which was constructed after the kiva floor had been laid. 

 Two other holes on the same side, and near the holes in line, were 

 also plugged with clay, indicating that when the kiva was abandoned 

 none of the holes on this side were being used. In the rear of the 

 kiva and parallel to the northwest wall were two more holes, 2 inches 

 in diameter, that were likewise plugged with clay. The position of 

 these holes — 2 feet from the northwest wall and almost in line with 

 the firepit and deflector — made it appear that one of them might have 

 been the sipapu, but this could not be definitely determined. 



The deflector is a sandstone slab i^ inches thick, 20 inches wide, 

 and standing 16 inches above the floor. The top was rounded into 

 an arc. Seventeen inches from the ventilator entrance, the deflector 

 was set 9 inches into the floor. An interesting feature of the de- 

 flector is its relation to a firepit of which it was part. At each side 

 of the deflector was built an arm of sandstone and adobe that ex- 

 tended at right angles to the deflector, the whole resembling an arm- 

 chair without legs (pi. 23, fig. 2). Each arm is 12 inches long, 5 inches 

 wide, and 7 inches high. Between the arms is a peculiar firepit — 

 peculiar in that it has two floor levels, the first level with the floor, 

 the bottom being a sandstone slab, the two arms and the deflector 

 serving for three sides; the fourth side is open. Five inches from 



