ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT lt 
while the only vulnerable point of the mesa is protected at 
the rim by means of a rude breastwork of stones. Moreover, 
the outer walls of the buildings, some of which still stand to a 
height of several feet, are pierced only with loopholes, 
entrance to the structures doubtless having been gained by 
means of portable ladders, as in some of the puebles of to-day. 
The houses of the great compound, consisting of four com- 
pact groups of buildings, were evidently “terraced” on the 
plaza side, the rooms facing this court perhaps having been 
only a single story in height. As a further protection to the 
pueblo, the eastern side was defended by a low wall, pierced 
by three gatewaylike openings, extending from the north- 
eastern to the southeastern corner of the compound. 
The rooms indicated in the ground plan of, the four house 
groups number approximately 95 (for the northern group), 
58 (eastern group), 32 (central group), and 102 (southeastern 
group), or an aggregate of 287 rooms. At the time of its 
occupancy the number of rooms in the compound probably 
approximated 550. In addition, there are traces of four or 
five single-story rooms abutting on the defensive wall bound- 
ing the northeastern part of the compound. A short dis- 
tance from the southwestern angle of the southwestern house 
group are two smaller detached houses, the southernmost one 
consisting of 24 rooms in a long tier, 2 rooms deep, extending 
approximately north-northwest and south-southeast. The 
other structure, about 55 feet northwestward, is rectangular 
and contains 11 rooms in its ground plan. Four kivas are 
traceable among the rooms of the main compound—one in 
the northwestern, one in the central, and two in the south- 
western group. In each case, so far as is determinable 
without excavation, the outer walls of the kivas are rectangu- 
lar, while the inner walls ace circular and slightly recessed a 
short distance above the floor. 
About 500 feet southeastward from the main compound, 
at the edge of the mesa, stand the well-preserved walls of 
another structure, consisting of a double row of rooms, the 
outer wall, or that overlooking the mesa rim, extending 28 
and 15 feet, respectively, beyond the northwestern and south- 
