FEWKES] ANTIQUITIES OF MESA VEKDE NATIONAL PAEK '53 



This kiva is circular; it measures 13 feet in diameter, and 5 feet 6 

 inches from the floor to the top of the pihisters. The height of the 

 banquette is 3 feet. The number of pilasters is 6; their average 

 breadth is 2 feet. 



The deflector is a stone wall laid in mortar; its width is 3 feet 

 6 inches; the thickness, 8 inches. From the flue to the deflector is 

 2 feet 4 inches, and from the same to the fire-hole, 8 inches. The 

 diameter of the fire-hole is 2 feet, its depth 1 foot. The sipapu is 

 2 feet from the fire-hole; it is G inches deep and 4 inches in diameter. 



The masonry of this kiva was in very poor condition, most of the 

 upper part being wholly broken down. There are 4 niches in the 

 walls. The surfiice is thickly plastered and shows a deposit of smoke. 

 The pilasters are of uniform size. The deep banquette is situated 

 above the flue back of the deflector. 



Kiva D is square, with rounded corners; it is 13 feet in diameter; 

 its walls are 10 fec^t high and measure 7 feet from the floor to the 

 top of the pilasters. The height of the banquette is -1 feet. The 

 number of pilasters is G; their average distance apart is 4 feet G 

 inches, and their width 2 feet. The eastern wall of this kiva is the 

 side of the cave, and the whole was inclosed by high walls. On the 

 southern side of the kiva is a passageway. The walls of the kiva and 

 the cave roof above it are blackened Avith smoke. There are two 

 deep banquettes. 



The flue opens in the western wall of the kiva ; its height is 2 feet, 

 and its width at the top is 13 inches. The distance from the flue 

 to the deflector is 2 feet G inches; from the deflector to the fire-hole, 

 13 inches. The diameter of the fire-hole is 2 feet and its depth 1 

 foot. The distance from the fire-hole to the sipapCi is 2 feet 2 inches; 

 the diameter of the latter is 3 inches. This kiva has 5 finely made 

 rectangular niches in the walls. The walls are well plastered and 

 were painted yellow. Wherever the masonry is visible it is found 

 inferior to none except possibly that of kiva Q." 



Kiva E is square, with rounded corners; it measures 11 feet G inches 

 in diameter, and is 9 feet 10 inches high. The elevation of the ban- 

 quette is 4 feet, and of the pilasters 7 feet. The number of pilasters 

 is 6. The flue opens on the western side. 



The deflector consists of a wall of stone, 2 feet high; its width is 

 3 feet 6 inches, the thickness 9 inches. The distance from the deflector 



This kiva, wliieh is one of the best in Cliff Palace, is illustrated by Nordenskiold. 



