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behind the kiva wall, its inner side being the outer side of the 
latter. It is circular, 12 inches in diameter, and is broken away 
some distance below its for- 
mer outlet. 
No trace of roofing re- 
mains, but in clearing the 
floor we found a layer of 
charcoal and lumps of hard- 
baked adobe that probably 
had come from the burned 
roof. Over this there was 
a deposit 2 to 3 feet thick, 
composed of light rubbish— 
corn husks, cobs, fragments 
of string, worn-out sandals, 
feathers, and bits of wood. 
All this seems to have been 
blown. into. the kiva after 
desertion and gradually 
bedded down, though it is 
possible that it was thrown 
in while the house was still 
in use and the kiva burned and abandoned. We found nothing 
above the charcoal layer, however, too heavy to have been blown in. 
Kiva II (fig. 6), diameter 
12 feet, is, with the excep- 
tion of the floor, in a better 
state of preservation than 
Kiva I. The walls, having 
been less sand-scoured, still 
retain some of their orig- 
inal adobe plaster. The 
points of interest are: The 
incorporation of large verti- 
cally placed sandstone slabs 
in the masonry of the lower 
part of the wall (indicated 
on plan); the presence of 
some slight evidence as to 
the method of roofing; and 235 
a recess on the north side a Qe0CRRSIo Fe 
opposite the ventilating —~“ — aaa 
flue. 
The roof, as in Kiva I, had been entirely burned away, and much 
charcoal littered the broken and crushed adobe floor. Near the east 
ea Pe i ar ae 
Fic. 6.—Plan and section of Kiva II, Ruin 2. 
