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Fig. 30. Plan of ruin no. 80, Spur ranch. 



under a high cliff at the top of the talus. Hardly any walls remain 

 above the debris and large masses of rock have fallen into some 

 of the houses. Some wooden posts stand in the ruins. Excavations 

 were made here by R. M. G. Dill, 

 esq., a number of years ago, and 

 in 1004 by the writer. On the 

 smooth cliff face are pictographs 

 in red, the subjects depicted be- 

 ing among others the sun and 

 the mountain lion. (PI. iv, b.) 

 No. 79. Pueblo.— On Rita 

 Blanca, about 2 miles north of 

 the Spur Ranch house, the coun- 

 try opens out above the canyon 

 and in the valley are several 

 small ruins. One of these, situ- 

 ated on the slope above an aban- 

 doned Mexican ranch house, has 

 large quantities of refuse around 

 it and many fragments of obsi- 

 dian and pottery of good quality. 

 No. SO. Pueblo. — On the point 

 southeast of Spur Ranch house is a ruin consisting of a single room 

 18 feet square in which a pine tree has grown, and south of it is found 



a " reservoir " 4 feet deep and 

 20 feet in d i a m e t e r . The 

 " reservoir " is flanked on the 

 west by rooms and on the 

 south by a stone Avail. 



No. 18. Pueblo.— This pueb- 

 lo ruin lies one-eighth of a 

 mile northeast of the Spur 

 Ranch house, on the hillside 

 just below a talus of slabs of 

 volcanic rock which furnished 

 the building material. The 

 rather steep slope was graded 

 and the pueblo built on the 

 platform thus prepared. The 

 ruin is 122 feet long and G5 

 feet wide. 



Excavations carried on here revealed the great extent of the masses 

 of debris surrounding the ruin. The debris lies on the clay hardpan 

 which is commonly encountered in excavations on the terraces of the 

 3454— No. 35—07- 5 



Fig. 31. Plan of ruin no. 81 on hillside near Spur 

 ranch. 



