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fi-a*i;nientaiy mesas about a mile south of the river stood the village 

 of Poihuuinge. Its ruins are probably 500 feet above the level of the 

 river. The pueblo was of adobe, with large irregular blocks of basalt 

 in the foundation. It consisted of three buildings so placed as to form 

 an irregular quadrangle, the south side being open. The extreme 

 length of the longest side is 421 feet. There are two circular, subter- 

 ranean kivas within the court. About 100 yards south of the pueblo 

 is the ruin of a large circular kiva, 50 feet in diameter, which was in 

 part subterranean and in part constructed of irregular blocks of basalt, 

 conglomerate, and sandstone carried above ground to a height of 

 probably eight or ten feet. About 200 yards east are the ruins of a 

 building similarly constructed, which bears some evidence of having 

 been used for a shrine. In this structure large blocks or slabs of stone 

 set on edge were used in the walls and the general form is that of 



shrines still in use among the 

 Tewa. It is 35 feet in diame- 

 ter, considerably larger than 

 any of the shrines now in use. 

 The pottery of this ruin is strik- 

 ingly similar to that found in 

 the ruins farther south. While 

 there is every evidence of the 

 '-• use of corn at this pueblo, there 

 has been no possibility of agri- 

 culture in the immediate vicin- 

 ity. The nearest land that 

 might have been arable is about 

 a mile away. 



No. 29. Teeuinge {fig. 17). — • 

 This is a large ruin situated on 

 the rim of the mesa overlooking 

 the valley, just below the con- 

 fluence of the Rio Oso with the Chama. It is about a quarter of a mile 

 south of the river, and the bluff on wliich it stands is about 200 feet 

 high. The pueblo was constructed of adobe with some use of lava 

 blocks in the foundation walls, and is now reduced to low mounds. It 

 was built in two large adjoining quadrangles, or would perhaps be better 

 described as one long rectangle divided by cross walls into two courts. 

 The extreme length of the rectangle is 525 feet, the extreme width 

 210 feet. The walls have a perimeter of 1,470 feet. Within and con- 

 tiguous to the pueblo are ten circular, subterranean kivas and a few 

 yards to the east is a ruined shrine in circular form, eight feet in diam- 

 eter, built of lava blocks set on edge. 



No. 30. Kwengyauinge ("blue turquoise house"), figure 18. — This 

 is a large pueblo ruin on a conical hill about 150 feet high overlooking 



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Fig. 17 



plan of Teeuinge. 



