NO. II PUEBLO RUINS IN ARIZONA— HAURY AND HARGRAVE I07 



brace wall of stone between it and the first masonry wall, the inter- 

 vening space being filled with loose rocks and earth (fig. 33 and pi. 23, 

 fig. i). This was the northwest wall of the kiva when it was aban- 

 doned. Under the plaster coats, of which there were several, and im- 

 bedded in the mortar of the wall were two sherds of Jeddito yellow 

 ware. One of these was an undecorated surface, while the other 

 was an excellent example of JedditO' black-on-yellow. The northwest 

 wall showed no further evidence of weakening, but the southwest 

 wall eventually weakened, and was reinforced by building another 

 masonry wall against it. The new southwest wall is 20 inches thick 

 and wider than the offset on the southwest side by 5 inches. 



A comparison of the various sizes of the kiva at different periods 

 of remodeling may be made from figure 33. On the northeast side the 

 offset is II inches. After the construction of the new wall on the 

 southwest side there remained only the offset on the northeast, but 

 by removing some of the masonry of the new wall the original size 

 of the offset on the southwest side was found to be 15 inches. Origi- 

 nally the platform was 9 feet 10 inches long, but this length was re- 

 duced 5 inches by extending the extra width of the auxiliary southwest 

 wall across the end. The platform is 3 feet 10 inches wide, and its 

 tloor is 21 inches above the floor of the kiva room. Though the south- 

 east wall is missing to the level of the platform floor, the platform 

 walls and face are of similar material and construction to the walls 

 of the kiva room. The kiva, being on a ledge below the mesa top 

 and surrounded on three sides by tumbled walls, was constantly sub- 

 ject to erosion from the slope above. As a result of this action the 

 southeast ends of the kiva walls were reduced on the sides of the 

 platform to only a foot or two high, and the southeast wall was re- 

 duced to the top of the platform. At the top of the wall in the north- 

 west corner were two layers of masonry extending for several inches 

 over the plastered wall of the midden excavation, and since the depth 

 of the kiva at this point is 8 feet 4 inches, it is probable that this 

 represents the original height of the kiva. The height of the kiva at 

 the northwest corner of the present end wall is 7 feet 8 inches, but the 

 weathered slope of the walls from beyond this point to the southeast 

 wall indicates that the original height of the kiva was greater. 



The floor was covered with flagstones of varying sizes, with the 

 exception of the space between the ventilator entrance and the de- 

 flector, which was of hard packed rock and earth. As noted in the 

 kivas at Kin Tiel, this space represents the hole dug in setting up 



