542 EXPEDITION TO ARIZONA IN 1895 [ETH. ANN. 17 
Beginning with the lateral platforms (2, figure 245) we first note, as 
we step upon it at c, about midway of its length, a small circular depres- 
sion in the floor of the central room extending slightly beneath the 
platform, as indicated by the dotted line. It is possible that this niche 
was a receptacle for important household objects, although it may 
have been a fireplace. 
In a corner of the right platform a round cist, partially hewn out of 
the rock, was found, but its walls (a, figure 245) were badly broken down 
by some former explorer, The floor of this recess lies below that of the 
platform, while the cist itself (>) reminds one of the closed or walled 
structures, so commonly found in the Verde, attached to the side of the 
cliff. On the lateral wall of this chamber, at about the height of the 
head, a row of small holes had been drilled into the solid wall. These 
holes (d, d, d) are almost too small for the insertion of roof beams, and 
were probably made for pegs on which to rest a beam for hanging 
blankets and other textile fabrics when not in use. The roof of the 
cave was the natural rock, and showed over its whole surface marks of 
a pecking implement. 
The left chamber is 6 feet 6 inches broad, and from one corner, oppo- 
site the doorway, a low passageway leads into a circular chamber, 6 feet 
in diameter, with its floor below the platform of the lateral room. 
Between the chamber, on the left of the entrance, and the open air, 
the wall of solid rock is broken by a slit-like crevice, which allows the 
light to enter, and no doubt served as a window. A recess, the floor 
of which is elevated, on a platform opposite the doorway, is 5 feet 
broad, and has a small circular depression in one corner. The floor 
and upraise of this recess is plastered with adobe, which in several 
places is smooth and well made. 
In comparing the remaining cavate dwellings of this series with that 
described, we find every degree of complication in the arrangement of 
rooms, from a simple cave, or irregular hole in the side of the cliff, to 
squared chambers with lateral rooms. The room J,! for instance, is 
rectangular, 6 feet long by 3 feet wide, with an entrance the same 
width as that of the room itself. 
In room JTT, however, the external opening is very small, and there is 
a low, narrow ledge, or platform, opposite the doorway. There is like- 
wise in this room a small shelf in the left-hand wall. In JV there is a 
raised platform on two adjacent sides of the square room, and the 
doorway is an irregular orifice broken through the wall to the open air. 
Room JV is a subterranean chamber, most of the floor of which is 
littered with large fragments of rock which have fallen from the roof. 
It has numerous small recesses in the wall resembling cubby-holes 
where household utensils of various kinds were undoubtedly formerly 
kept. This room is instructive, in that the entrance is partially closed 
‘Counting from the point of the cliff shown in plate xcia. The positions of the rooms are indicated 
by the row of entrances. 
