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are two sections which partially inclose another and smaller court. 

 Three detached sections stand at a little distance from the main 

 quadrangle. 



No. 37. Houiri (fig. 24). — On a low mesa on the east bank of the 

 creek just opposite Homayo is the ruin of Houiri. Here again is found 



one great hollow quadran- 



/■':''■■.,,, gle closed except at one 



' -'„, -■'".-,, corner, another smaller one 



,.-''"'•-„ ■ ' inclosed by three detached 



/ ,' . -'"'.''■•, : ' f O buildings, and two entirely 



/ / - / "^ ' / f , ; independent sections. The 



/ • / ; / r " ; ■' ^, main quadrangle has a per- 



/■ - / ~ ' ' - .". ,/ ; / """ imeter of apj^roximately 



/ / ""■'. / " ' 1,350 feet. The width of the 



C) '""'"-.„/ sections making up the vil- 



/"'> ,„-' ' \ "^ lage varies from 25 to 50 



/- ''■"-;"-.,„, \,>^'''" feet, the number of rooms 



"""""'•' Mii^^^ \) in width being indefinite. 



There are the remains of ten 

 Fig. 2.3.-Ground plan of iiomayo. circular kivas,ranging from 



35 to 50 feet in diameter. 

 No. 38. Sepawi (fig. 25). — In the valley of El Rito creek about five 

 miles below the Mexican village of the same name are the ruins of 

 Sepawi, one of the largest pueblos to be found in the entire area 

 described in this bulletin. It is now reduced to low rounded mounds. 

 There is a little woodwork still 

 to be seen in the debris of the 

 buildings. Six circular kivas are 

 visible, one of which was only » 



partially subterranean. The ki- 

 vas range from 30 to 55 feet in 

 diameter. The village consists of 

 one principal structure forming 



two incomplete rectangles and / * . ^ 



ten detached buildings, so dis- ^" 



posed as to form a number of " i_ ^ 

 secondary courts. ^ ^ ^ ' • : \'J:*"J^;!'% 



No. 39. Oris tone and other ru- 

 ins ahove Ahiquiu. — The arche- no. 24.-Ground plan of iiouiri. 

 ology of this portion of the 



Chama drainage is too little known to attempt at this time a 

 detailed description of the ruins. It has been known for many 

 years that this district is rich in remains of antiquity, but the 

 study of them has been overlooked. The presence of ruins at many 

 points on both sides of the Chama is reported and here is a splendid 



