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No. 84- Pueblo. — One and three-quarter miles southeast of the 

 Spur ranch house is a stone pueblo 18 feet square, located on the spur 

 above the fields; north of the ruin is a large circular depression and 

 to the east of the house mass are graves. 



No. 85. Pueblo. — This ruin 

 is of an L-shape house mass 

 inclosing the west and south 

 sides of a shallow circular de- 

 pression. There are also small 

 houses on the east and north 

 sides of the depression. The 

 point on which the ruin is 

 located is fenced off by a stone 

 wall, and on the slope below 

 the ruin are two shrines con- 

 taining remarkable amorphous 

 quartz concretions and cr} r s- 

 tals. 



No. 86. Pueblo.— One-fourth 

 of a mile east of no. 85 may 

 be seen a stone ruin whose 

 mound is higher than usual. 



Fig. 34. 



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Plan of ruin no. 84, Spur ranch. 



It is situated on a high bluff rising 

 above an arroyo which descends from the mountains to the north. 

 A portion of the edge of the bluff is walled. East of the ruin is 

 a shallow circular depression ; north, a wall 30 feet long and 



two shrines, each consisting of a 

 heap of small stones; and south- 

 east, a shrine and a second depres- 

 sion. The ruin is one of a group 

 of 5 situated on the points of the 

 ridges above the arroyo. The 

 largest of this group measures 

 only 45 by 30 feet, and though 

 the ruins are not far apart each 

 has its individual shrines, "res- 

 ervoirs," and cemeteries. Like 

 most of the Spur Ranch ruins 

 those here described are oriented 

 to the northeast. 



No. 87. Pueblo. — This member 



Fig. 35. Plan of ruin no. 85, Spur ranch. Q f t ] le ArroVO gl'OUp is located Oil 



the high ridge east of the arroyo, and consists of two rectangular 

 house masses having between them two circular basins. The upper 

 house measures about 30 feet by 27 feet, and near it are ancient 

 graves. This house was built over the foundations of an earlier 





