92 CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA [prH. ANN. 28 
7. ROOMS BETWEEN CASA GRANDE AND FONT’S ROOM 
East of Casa Grande there were several large rooms, A—E (plate xxxut, b) fhere, 
pl. 21], with low massive walls, evidently of one story. It would appear that in 
ancient times these rooms joined the terrace at the base of Casa Grande, and we 
may suppose that their roofs were on the level with the floor of the lowest room of 
the historic building. Apparently these rooms were not all constructed at the same 
time, the two at the north showing evidences of being older than the southern 
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One of these rooms, C, was found to contain much débris, consisting of pottery 
fragments, charred basketry, cloth, maize, mesquite beans, . . . marine shells, and 
other objects. It appears to have been a dumping place, and as it has every ap- 
pearance of having once been a room, we may suppose that it was deserted while 
some of the other rooms of Compound A were still inhabited. 
8. ROOMS ADJOINING THE MOST NORTHERLY OF THE SIX CEREMONIAL 
ROOMS 
Adjoining the most northerly of the six ceremonial rooms on its east side, there lies 
a room or court, G, surrounded by walls, which appears to have been without a 
roof. ... Its floor is hard, as if made so by the tramp of many feet; its walls are 
massive, with smooth surfaces. A walled-up doorway, recalling a similar feature in 
the west room of the main building, occurs in the wall separating this room from the 
most northerly of the six ceremonial rooms. 
In the surface of the west wall of this room, at the level of the floor, there is a deep 
erosion of the wall (plate xxrx) [here, pl. 22, a], due to former weathering. The south 
wall of this inclosure was evidently built since the erosion took place, for its end is so 
constructed that it extends into the eroded region, following the imperfection in 
the surface without being itself weathered at that level. The five rooms, G-K, 
forming the west building are large and have massive walls. No evidences of roofs 
occur, and lateral doorways are absent except in the east side of I. K shows evidence 
of an east wall, and the narrow enclosure H is more of a court than a room. A pile 
of wooden hoes or planting sticks (plate xxx1x, g) [here, pl. 76] was found on the 
floor of room I. 
9. NORTHWEST ROOM 
The dimensions of the room [pl. 22, b] occupying the northwest angle of Compound 
A [pl. 23] appear in the accompanying plan [here, pl. 6]. . . . This room is single 
storied with free walls on two sides, the other sides being the walls of the compound. 
An entrance into the compound on the north side is situated near this corner room. 
The excavations revealed many ceremonial objects on the floor, which would appear 
toindicate that the room was used for other than secular purposes. Household utensils, 
as grinding stones, which would be expected in a living chamber, were absent. No 
soot or other evidences of a fire were observed on the walls, and there were no charred 
logs or rafters. 
10. ROOMS NEAR EAST WALL 
South of the plaza which lies to the eastward of the two-storied building known 
as Font’s room are situated the remains of some massive walls which formed a large 
square enclosure separated from the east wall only by a narrow passage... . . 
This building was evidently formerly one story high. Its size is so great that it 
is doubtful whether or not it was roofed, but if it had a roof it would be one of the 
largest rooms of Compound A. 
