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and there were several different forms of paint grinders which 

 enrich the collection. There is nowhere a larger or better 

 collection from Arizona than that excavated from Elden 

 Pueblo. 



One of the most significant discoveries at Elden Pueblo 

 was a room called the kiva, or ceremonial chamber, about 

 midway in the length of the ruin on its east side. The kiva 

 has thus far not been described from the Flagstaff area and 

 its existence has been denied in the ruins of this area. 



The kiva of Elden Pueblo is very large and rectangular in 

 form with round corners. It is partly subterranean and has 

 a banquette extending wholly around the wall of the room. 

 It also has a ventilator opening externally in the east wall, 

 peculiarities which occur in the ruins at Marsh Pass and else- 

 where in northern Arizona. It thus appears that the leg- 

 end of the modern Hopi that certain of the Hopi clans for- 

 merly lived on the San Juan and its tributaries is not fanciful, 

 but that what they recount of the southern migration of 

 these clans before they settled on their present mesas is sup- 

 ported by archeological evidences in architecture as weU as 

 ceramics. 



Several Hopi visitors retold their legends, published by the 

 chief many years ago, that the ruins under Mount Elden were 

 settlements of the Hopi in their ancient migrations, and as 

 far as it goes the archeology of Elden Pueblo supports these 

 legends, which are sometimes very vague, differing some- 

 what in minor particulars. These legends differ in the names 

 of the Hopi clans that lived at Elden Pueblo, but the Snake, 

 Badger, and Patki are all mentioned as former inhabitants. 



The particular claim of this pueblo for popular consider- 

 ation is that it is easily accessible and not far from the city 

 of Flagstaff. It bids fair to be visited in the future by many 

 tourists who now pass through northern Arizona to visit its 

 attractions, such as the Grand Canyon and the great bridges, 

 and to attend the ceremonial survivals of the ancient religious 

 rites of the Hopi. The number of visitors to Elden Pueblo 

 during its excavation was very large and consisted not only 

 of a large number of residents of Flagstaff but also of tourists 

 from distant States. 



