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glaze (pi. XV, e,f, h).' Four shades of red were used, two shades of 

 this color being often applied to the same bowl. The system of orna- 

 mentation was bold and striking, and in execution ranges from very 

 crude to very good. Representative motives were sparingly used. In 

 at least 90 per cent of all the decorative work a highly developed sym- 

 bolism is found. Certain symbolic motives are very persistent, dis- 

 playing many variants, but capable of being reduced to a few funda- 

 mental conceptions (pi. xv, «, 6, ^). 



THE PRIVILEGE OF EXCAVATION 



This presentation of the antiquities of the Jemez plateau is neces- 

 sarily incomplete, since there are many sites yet unexplored, but 

 it is hoped that the sketch here given will lend encouragement to 

 further exploration and serve as a nucleus around which additional 

 information may be systematically arranged as gathered from time 

 to time. It should be borne in mind that these ruins are mostly 

 on the Jemez forest reserve, and that excavations on the forest 

 reserves are strictly forbidden unless authorized by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. The majority of ruins not situated on the forest reserves 

 are on the Indian reservations and public lands, and can be disturbed 

 only by permission of the Secretary of the Interior. 



