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Rock Bluff skull — Continued 



superficial cutting evidenced by, 

 33: 91 

 Rockbridge County, Va., archeology of, 



23: 15 

 Rock Creek, 78:337 

 Rock House Valley, ruins of, 82 : 76-82 

 Rockingham County, Va. 



aboriginal remains in, 23 : 37 



mound in, 71 : 129 

 Rock Ledge Quarry, discovery at, 76: 



102 

 Rock markings in Cliff Palace, 51: 32 

 Rockpile Creek, 78 : 233 

 Rock pines 



among the Tewa, 55 : 10, 41 



mention of, 54 : 56 



scattered here and there, 54 : 57 

 Rockport, 78:145,212 

 Rock River, village on, 69 : 44 

 Rocks 



prayer to, 85 : 75, 77 



sacrifice to, 85 : 43 



spirits of, addressed, 78 : 70 f . 



tent-shaped at Otowi, 54 : 17 



tent-shaped, use of, as human hab- 

 itations, 54:17 

 Rock shelters 



definition of, 76:16f. 



in Bryant's Bhiff, 76 : 40 



mention of, 76: 24 



of Colbert County, Ala., 76 : 134 



on Big Piney, 76 : 89 

 Rock Sioux, see Assiniboin. 

 Rock spirits 



mention of, 85 : 129 ; 89 : 53 



reference to, 95 : 73, 105 

 Rockstroh, Prof., — , on Cahabon, 28: 



88 

 Rocky Mountain bee plant, among the 



Tewa, 55: 58 

 Rocky Mountain Fort, Assiniboin camp 



near, 77 : 77 

 Rocky Mountain sage, among the Tewa, 



55:10,45 

 Rocky Point, 78 : 231 

 Rodents 



work of, 37:7,104,110 



See also specific names. 

 Rodriguez, see Bello y Rodriguez. 

 Rodriguez, Father Bias, murder of, 



73:86 

 Rodriguez, Francisco, on pyramid of 



Tepoxtlan, 28: 343 f. 

 Rodriguez plantation, 43 : 344 

 Rogel, Juan, missionary efforts of, 73 : 



57 

 Roger, see Barth and Roger. 

 Rogers, John, speaker of Natchez 



language, 43 : 256 

 Rogue River 



Athabascans on, 78 : 287, 292 



mention of, 78 : 318 



people of, 78:122,286 



Rogue River language, works in, 14: 

 90 



Roktso, reconstructed original form, 

 78 : 138 



Rolla, house mounds near, 76: 41 



Rolla Road, house mounds on, 76 : 22 



Rolling disk, analogue of the target, 

 2:18 



Rolling Head, Natchez story of the, 

 88 : 215-218 



Rollins, Sam T., cave on farm of, 76: 

 52 f . 



Rolls, birchbark, of the Mide'wiwin, 

 86: 89 f. 



Romans, Bernard 



description by, of Chickasaw vil- 

 lage, 69:68 

 on mound burial. 8 : 12, 21, 22 



Roman system of numerals, parallel of, 

 57:87 



Rome, written and unwritten history of, 

 60:5 



Romero, Antonio A., on tierra cocida 

 and scoria, 52:91,92 



Roof 



built from ground level, 100 : 49 

 construction of, 82 : 70 ; 100 : 49 

 entrance through, 82 : 24. 27, 34, 70 

 form of, over recess, 100: 73 f. 

 in Cave II, description of, 65 : 87 

 in Cliff Palace, 51 : 22 

 no remains left of, 74 : 23 

 of Cliff Palace not restored, 51 : 26 

 See also Roofs. 



Roof beams, construction of, 65 : 63 



Roof dust, use of the term, 76 : 16 



Roofing 



evidence of method of, 65 : 22 

 evidences of, 65 : 35 

 fragments of, in Ruin 8, 65 : 59 

 indication of, in Ruin 5, 65 : 43 

 See also Roof ; Roofs. 



Roofs 



conical, 92 : 12, 13 



construction of, 81: 16; 96: 23, 



37 f. 

 entrance through, 92 : 65, 80 

 flat, first type of, 96:65 

 flat, mention of, 92: 11, 42 

 general description of, 41 : 15, 17 

 of kivas, 41 : 18, 19, 21 ff . ; 92: 88 

 See also Roof ; Roofing. 



Rooms 



alterations made in, 100 : 103 

 ceremonial, sequence of, 100 : 113 

 circular, construction of, 92: 79 

 circular, description of, 82: 57 f. 

 circular, within block of rectangu- 

 lar rooms, 92: 81 

 communicating, 100: 104 ff. 

 description of, 82: 55 ff; 96: 41 

 dos('rii)ti()n of, by Nordenskiold, 



41 : 4-7 

 dimensions of, 81 : 8 ff. 

 grinding, 81 : 10 



