FEWKES] RUINS ON WALNUT CREEK Bills 
Directly across Walnut Creek from Shook’s ranch house, not far 
from the ford and overlooking the valley, on a low, gravelly river 
terrace, are the remains of a quadrangular wall, oriented approxi- 
mately north and south (fig. 
67). The northern side of 
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measuring 94 feet in length by 
= = J Fic. 67. Ground plan of terrace-ruin near Shook’s ranch, 
17 feetin width. The relation 
of this interior structure to the surrounding wall suggests the 
massive-walled building of a compound, as described in the 
author’s account of Casa Grande, in this volume. 
Ruin NE«R Marx’s Rancu Hovse 
Artificial mounds are found on terraces among the cedars on the 
right bank of Walnut Creek almost to its mouth. One of these 
mounds, opposite Mr. Peter Marx’s house, is particularly interesting. 
This ruin (pl. 98) consists of two parts—a rectangular inclosure, 
oriented north and south, and a nearly circular mound about 100 feet 
to the west. The former (fig. 68) measures 28 feet on the northern 
and 23 feet on the southern side; the eastern side is 65 feet long, and 
the western 63 feet. The two axes of the mound measure, respectively, 
72 and 77 feet. Large ancient cedars grow on the mound and also 
within the rectangular inclosure. 
The decorated pottery found here varies in color and design. For 
the greater part it consists of white ware bearing black decorations. 
The designs are geometrical patterns, mostly terraced figures, squares, 
