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although much inferior in workmanship, is reminiscent of the second 

 type of Pueblo Bonito stonework, described by Judd.' That this 

 section of Showlow ruin was abandoned and subsequently reoccupied 

 is shown by the fact that walls of different masonry abut the wall just 

 described on a higher level. 



The most noteworthy instance of superposition was found in test 

 2, room I. This dwelling measured 9^ by iO;| feet ; near its center was 

 the usual slab-lined firebox (pi. 4, fig. 2). In the northern part of 

 the room, a foot below its floor, a second level, with related fireplace, 

 was encountered (pi. 5, fig. i). Further excavation revealed the fact 

 that the upper firebox was built upon and almost directly above a 

 partly razed, earlier wall (pi. 5, fig. 2 ; also consult text fig. 3 for 

 ground plan and cross-section of this room). The north and south 

 walls of the upper room did not go below their related floor, but the 

 east and west walls extended to and rested on the lower level. 



Since similar evidence of remodeling and re-use of old walls was 

 noted also in neighboring dwellings it may be supposed that this section 

 of the pueblo experienced general desertion between the two occupa- 

 tions. Whether or not the entire village was abandoned could not be 

 learned from our rather limited work. The difference in pottery from 

 the two levels suggests the lapse of a considerable period of time 

 between occupations. For information concerning the actual length 

 of this period, we resort to charcoal. Accepting for the moment the 

 tentative dating of A. D. 1204 for the lower horizon, the difference 

 between this date and 1375, which has been assigned to the upper 

 level, is 171 years. This is only an approximation because of the 

 readily foreseen difficulty of ascribing definite dates to culture hori- 

 zons. The abandonment, however, provides a convenient break in the 

 continuity of development, thus emphasizing the time element. That 

 the estimated 170-year period is correct, or nearly so, is indicated by 

 the discovery of pottery types at Pinedale which were developed 

 during this time from types present in the lower Showlow level. 

 Timber associations with Pinedale types place them as post- 1290. 

 They in turn developed into the dominant forms of the Showlow 

 upper level. In this way, pottery sequence and tree-ring records were 

 found to support each other in their peculiar ways of recording 

 elapsed time. 



The masonry of all the upper-level dwellings, which were occupied 

 to the final abandonment of the pueblo, is of nondescript form. 

 Unworked rocks of all sizes were laid down with no attempt whatever 



Judd, N. M., March, 1922, p. 326. 



