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30 feet wide and 150 feet in length, and in places six feet in height, 

 presentmg characters in the main identical with those of the central 

 structure. In the space between the two clusters is a third circular 

 depression, corresponding in size with those previously mentioned. 



Higher uj) the sloping terrace on the northern margin is a small ruin 

 mass, c, very much reduced. On the south, separated from the corner 

 of the shorter wing of the main building by a space about 10 feet in 

 width, is a fourth ruin mass, d, about 40 feet in width by 120 feet in 

 length, the lower end of which extends well down to the margin of the 

 terrace. Its features correspond closely with those of the other struc- 

 tures. South of this again, and 20 feet away on the narrow point of 



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Fig. 30. — Ground plan of ruined pueblo 15 miles above Jemez. 



the terrace, are the remains of a minor structure, inclosing a kiva 

 depression 30 feet in diameter and about 4 feet in depth; and below 

 this, again, is another circular depression 36 feet in diameter and 5 

 feet in depth, with which no ruins are connected. Still lower down 

 and at the extreme point of the terrace, SO feet from the depression 

 just described, is a small ruin mass about 12 feet square and of no 

 considerable height. 



An interesting feature of this pueblo is the occurrence of three or 

 four refuse middens, lying on the slope of the terrace near the walls of 

 the buildings. These consist of blackisli earth with many impurities, 

 including bones of animals, fragments of pottery, and various imple- 



