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PUEBLO POTTERY AND ZUNI CULTURE-GROWTH. 



clans, each occupying a single house. The traces of these solitary farm- 

 houses show that they were at first single-storied. The name of an 

 upper room indicates how the idea of the second or third story was 

 developed, as it is osh ten u thlan, from osh ten, a shallow cave, or rock- 





Fig. 496. — Ptrspective view of a typical solitary house. 



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Fig. 497.— Plan of a typical solitary house. 



shelter, and 4 ihla nai e, placed around, embracing, inclusive of. This 

 goes to show that it was not until after the building of the first small 

 farm-houses (which gave the name to houses) that the caves or rock- 



