ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 6 



from the northern and eastern walls and which extended over 

 a considerable area, but never very distant from the pueblo 

 itself. A number of skeletons were found, some of which 

 were nearly perfect, but many were more or less fragmentary. 

 Several of these skeletons have been brought back for the 

 study of specialists. They appear to have artificially 

 deformed skulls. There was no common orientation, al- 

 though a majority were interred with heads to the east. 



The distinction of the kinds of pottery would naturally be 

 reserved for a more complete report, which will appear later. 

 As a rule, however, the number of varieties was rather limited 

 and there were very few intrusions from outside, all of which 

 goes to show the ancient character of the ruin and the isola- 

 tion of its people from others in the southwest. The typical 

 specimens of pottery may be grouped under a few charac- 

 teristic types. Perhaps the most abundant is colored dull 

 red on the exterior with glossy black interior. The exterior 

 surface is corrugated or smooth. From its abundance this 

 type may be known as the Flagstaff ware. It is never 

 decorated with painted designs. A more striking type is 

 white with black decorations, mainly geometrical figures, 

 which is widely distributed in Arizona. There occur also a 

 few specimens of red ware with black interiors, which bear 

 indubitable evidence of having been derived from the settle- 

 ments on the banks of the Little Colorado or near Tuba City. 



The forms of the Elden Pueblo pottery are food bowls, 

 ladles, dippers, vases, mugs, and ollas. Several very charac- 

 teristic laieces of the black and white ware are effigy forms. 

 There occur remarkable bracelets made of clam shell {Pectun- 

 culus) with incised ornamentation from the Pacific coast, 

 and there are ornamented bone objects, which may be 

 mentioned among the rare specimens. Turquoise beads and 

 shells, which when strung formed strands of a necklace 

 several feet in length, were sifted out of the soU found near 

 the necks of skeletons. There were undoubted examples of 

 shells set with turquoise mosaics, but they were more or less 

 damaged by long i^resence in the ground. Stone implements 

 were excavated more commonly in the rooms of the building, 



