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evidence of rooms ever having been built below them, they would 
seem to have been made by people standing on poles or scaffolding. 
Our exploration commenced with a series of test pits sunk through 
a top layer of sheep dung, deposited by Navaho flocks that had evi- 
‘dently sheltered here through many winters; they revealed turkey 
droppings, potsherds, and other rubbish typical of cliff-dweller occu- 
pancy. Excavations were accordingly begun behind a pile of huge 
bowlders and were continued at various points along the cliff and in 
the rooms themselves (fig. 13). 
The rooms now standing form a little cluster at the western end; 
they are of the usual rough masonry of such houses and offer noth- 
ing of architectural interest. It was noted, however, that the painted 
handprints extended underneath the walls where they abutted against 
the cliff, proving that they were made before the building of the 
rooms. The roofs have entirely disappeared. On and under the 
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fie. 13.—Plan of Ruin 4. 
floors, all about outside and along the cliff behind the fallen rocks, 
there was a layer of débris varying in depth from a few inches to 
2 feet. Although this deposit was dry and in good condition for 
the preservation of specimens, it yielded a rather small quantity of 
material. In it was an unusually large quantity of turkey droppings 
and turkey feathers, as well as a number of animal bones. A wooden 
skinning knife (see pl. 49, 7), bloodstained about the end, and a yucca 
sandal in process of manufacture (see pl. 37, 6), were the most 
interesting finds. From just below the sheep-dung layer near the 
rooms there were taken a fragment of a leather moccasin and a small 
bow, the latter apparently whittled out with a metal knife; these two 
objects are presumably of Navaho origin. 
To the east of the pile of large rocks the rubbish practically termi- 
nated, appearing again here and there in small pockets. In this 
direction, 115 feet from the house cluster, was discovered a kiva; it 
