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the hatchway. The specimen does not give a true cutting date, but 

 the last ring, obviously near the outside, reads 1131. The second 

 charred beam, EH-69, was found in the south end of the kiva, partly 

 overlying the platform. It consisted of a short section of a timber 

 about 7 inches in diameter, but unfortunately was charred only exter- 

 nally and was badly decayed on the interior. Its outermost ring gave 

 the year 1207. 



Test pits 7 to 19, inclusive, all failed to produce charcoal. 



ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES 



The walls in Pinedale pueblo were, on the average, far better than 

 those described from Showlow. In spite of the fact that much of the 

 structure had been two stories high, the walls are seldom more than 

 a foot thick. An exceptionally good section of wall exposed in P-16 

 may be seen in plate 14, figure 2. This wall, uncovered to a depth of 

 7 feet, was uniform throughout and chinked with small thin spalls. 

 The larger stones average 4 inches in thickness and are carefully 

 dressed both on the exposed surface and on the ends. Unusually large 

 slabs were employed, the second one below the whisk broom (pi. 14, 

 fig. 2) measuring 4 feet in length. Others of 3-foot lengths were not 

 uncommon. 



Room 2, in the first test, was the largest excavated. Its dimensions 

 are 15 feet north and south by 13 feet east and west. The floor level 

 was found over 10 feet below the surface, which is ample evidence 

 of the existence of a two-story structure on that spot. That weaknesses 

 of construction occasionally developed is noted in the east w^all. Its 

 lowest 5 feet are made up of large blocks of sandstone placed in 

 position without any efifort at coursing. Above these, smaller blocks 

 are put down in courses and chinked with small spalls wherever the 

 irregularities demanded. The weight of the superimposed story ap- 

 parently caused this wall to buckle inwardly (pi. 16, fig. i). Occupants 

 of the room, in an attempt to strengthen the wall, blocked the doorway 

 which leads into the room beyond. This had little efifect and eventu- 

 ally the threatening wall caused abandonment of the room. Subse- 

 quently it was used as a dumping place for trash which consisted of 

 broken pottery, ash, discarded implements, etc. 



The doorway, unlike the usual pre-Spanish Pueblo door, is at the 

 floor level. Its dimensions are 22 by 28 inches. Near the center of 

 the room was a fire-pit, oval in shape, dug into the clay floor. 



KIVA 



Unquestionably the most interesting architectural feature uncovered 

 at Pinedale is a rectangular kiva, one of the few known of that form 



