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a cemetery and back of them is a tcav of rooms which forms the 

 northern boundary of the pueblo. The bodies were buried at full 

 length; the pottery is of Blue River type and shows considerable 

 variety of form. This pueblo was evidently the most important of 

 those in the neighborhood of Luna. 



No. 71. Pueblo. — West of Luna 2^ miles, on the south bank of the 

 San Francisco, and to the east of the road to Alpine, is a small ruin 

 of a pueblo, which was built of stone. It is said that a skeleton was 

 unearthed here in digging the ditch which traverses a field below the 

 ruin. Burials are frequently discovered in many sections of the 

 Southwest through farming and irrigation operations. 



No. 72. Care.— Below Luna, on the south side of the canyon about 

 1 mile from the entrance and located high up in the basalt cliff, is a 

 cave which was entered a short time ago by Mr. Thompson, of Luna, 

 who found a pottery vase. In the basalt rim around Luna valley 

 also are several small caves, which 

 have been found to contain sacri- 

 ficial bows, arrows, cigarettes, and 

 other customary offerings. 



No. 73. Pueblo. — On the south 

 side of the canyon, about H miles 

 below the cave (no. 72), are numer- 

 ous house plans, concavities, and 

 lines of rock piles, occupying the 

 narrow bench above the river and 

 extending one-quarter of a mile 

 along the canyon. The stones em- 

 ployed by the builders have been 

 almost weathered away, and it is F " 

 remarkable also that a diligent 



search for hours failed to yield a trace of pottery, flint chips, or any 

 evidence of human occupancy of the site, although the surface of the 

 ground was bare. This interesting ruin is enigmatic, since the ab- 

 sence of pottery around a structure of this character in the South- 

 west is exceptional. One might suggest that these extensive con- 

 structions were made by a people unacquainted with the use of 

 pottery. As it was not feasible to conduct excavations on 'this site, 

 the problem of this ruin may be reserved for later investigation. 



5. LOS LENTES VALLEY 



East of Luna about 7 miles is Los Lentes valley, a deep basin 

 about 4 miles long, across the lower end of which runs the San Fran- 

 cisco river. It is evident that in earlier times this basin was a lake 

 and later a cienaga. It lies under the San Francisco range, is quite 



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