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shell. In ashort time the yolk fell to dust and the shell also crumbled 
somewhat. In many places in the excavation we found bits of pct- 
tery with portions of eggshells still adhering to them, and often 
where there were no shell remains there was a decided yellow stain 
from the yolk. (Pl. 61, B.) 
In room 11, location 3, was found a little bunch of human hair. 
There was no skin attached to it and it is impossible to say whether 
this is part of a scalp or only a lock of hair. There were no other 
objects accompanying it. (Pl. 61, C.) 
About 10 pumpkin, gourd, and other seeds were found. These 
were in a very soft condition and only a few were saved. (PI. 
61, F.) 
A twisted buckskin thong was found in room 8, location 3. This 
is the only piece of hide of any kind that was found. It appears 
to have been wrapped around some object, but what that was we 
do not know, as it was just as it appears at present when found: 
(Pl. 61, G.) 
BASKETRY 
From indications found in the ruin, basketry was fairly plentiful 
in the village. There are several basket impressions on the adobe 
and a few fragments of baskets. In location 2 was found the re- 
mains of a basket which had been subjected to fire and was badly 
charred. A quantity of this was recovered and a fragment is shown 
in Plate 61, D. This isin such condition that the weave can be plainly 
seen. It isof the two-rod-and-bundle weave. The following descrip- 
tion from Dr. Kidder’s report on explorations in Arizona will give 
a good idea of the manner of making the basket. ‘The rods, vary- 
ing in thickness according to the fineness of the product, are thin, 
round twigs with pithy centers; the bundles consist of fibers, usu- 
ally from the yucca leaf, more rarely of what appears to be 
some sort of shredded root; the sewing elements are thin wooden 
splints.... The two rods are set side by side and the fibrous bundle 
islaidabove them. The sewing element, in inclosing this foundation, 
takes in the rods and the bundle above them, and also passes through 
about half of the bundle of the coil below. It is this gripping of the 
bundle of the lower coil which alone holds the fabric together.’ 17 
It is most remarkable that the same weave should be found in 
such widely separated places. 
That the basket found in the charred condition is not an isolated 
case is Shown by the finding of impressions on the adobe in several 
other parts of the ruin. Impressions of another type were found that 
belong to the twilled work. Mason’s description of the weave is as 
follows: ‘Twill or tweel. A diagonal appearance given to a fabric 
17Kidder and Guernsey, Archeological Explorations in northeastern Arizona, Bull. 65, Bur, Amer, 
Ethn., p, 168, 
