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corn and several of red flour corn. The other four samples from 
various cliff-houses are all of flour corn showing a predominance of 
the type that at present exists in the Southwest.” 
(2) From Basket Maker caves directly associated with Basket 
Maker remains—‘ Sample A-2483 (cache in Cave II; pl. 65, /) 
is a yellow flint corn; it has very small kernels, so small as to be 
taken for popcorn were the shape a bit different. There is one red 
kernel and two others that seem to be red. A-2274 (pl. 65, A, 2; cist 
area, Cave I) are yellow and white flints.” 
(3) From near surface and in general digging, Cave II—* Sample 
A-2481 (pl. 65, 7), a very small white flint, smaller than the other 
samples; both from the appearance of the kernels and of the ear it 
might be called popcorn, though it probably is not. There is very 
little superficial difference between a small-kernel flint and a pop- 
corn. Sample A-2482 (pl. 65, d) is a flour corn. The color was 
probably a white, partly shaded with red, a color which is very com- 
mon in the soft corns of the Pueblo area at the present time. This 
specimen also has the relatively small kernels that distinguish the 
modern corn of the Pueblo region from that of any other locality, 
and so far as can be determined, resembles the Zuni, Hopi, and 
Navaho corn of the present day. I find that in size the Zufi is 
nearest. Sample A-2480 (pl. 65, f) looks very much lke an ear of 
dent corn, as do the kernels from it; however, the flour corn is so apt 
to show occasional dented ears that this ear is more likely to be one 
of dented flour corn. A-2480, 8 and c, are also flour corns of the 
modern type (pl. 65 6, ¢).” 
Summarizing these data, we find that the cliff-house corn is varie- 
gated (white, yellow, red, blue) flour corn and a large form of 
white flint; the surely Basket Maker specimens are small flints; of 
the doubtful specimens (general digging, Cave II), some are flints, 
some flour. This would appear to indicate that the Basket Makers 
had only the small flints, while the Cliff-dwellers had a varied assort- 
ment of more highly developed types. This fits in very well with 
our theory that the Basket Maker is an earlier culture than the 
Cliff-dweller, but there is no sure way of telling that the flour-corn 
ears from Cave II were not of Basket Maker origin. We believe 
that they were left in the cave by later people, as were without much 
doubt the pieces of pottery which were also found in the surface 
sand. There is, nevertheless, a strong possibility that they may after 
all be Basket Maker, and we do not wish to state, therefore, without 
further exploration, that the apparent difference in corn types is a 
real one. 
Squash of apparently the same species as that from the cliff- 
dwellings was present in both Cave I and Cave IJ, where seeds and 
many fragments of rind were recovered. 
