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TWO SUMMERS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS 



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The -ivorkiiieu penetrated to the lower floor, and found that the 

 pueblo was two stories high at this point. The rooms were large and 

 the beams of Ihe flooring were well preserved. The floors of the rooms 

 were large, flat stones; the lower chambers were nicely paved. The 

 walls M'ere made of stone masonry, nicely plastered, and in some 

 instances blackened by smoke. In one of the largest of these rooms 

 the floor stones were in two cases found to be perforated by round 

 holes about the size of a sipapCi in modern kivas. These slabs are 

 in many respects similar to those found in graves outside the walls of 

 the ijueblo. 



Two human skulls, one of which indicated an old pei'son, and 

 several human bones were found on the floor of chambers in the 

 northeast part of the ruin, and were supposed to represent intramural 



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Imrials. No pottery, however, was found in the vicinity of these 

 skeletons, which fact would seem to indicate that they were not 

 buried with customary mortuary offerings. 



Continued work on the side of the ruin toward the river revealed 

 the fact that this part had beeii worn away b.y the overflow of the 

 stream, and a section had been cut through it in digging an irrigating 

 ditch which formerly supplied the plains around Sunset with water. 



The osteological collection fi'om Homolobi was very lai-ge. Early 

 in his excavations the author was surprised at the number of animal 

 bones which were thrown out by the workmen, especially after the.y 

 had penetrated to some distance below the surface. There appears 

 no better explanation for the existence of these bones than that they 

 were remains of animals domesticated or used as food. These bones 

 were carefully gathered, and have been identified by Mr F. A. Lucas, of 

 the Nal-ioTml Museum; a complete list of species found at Homolobi 

 is published in this report, page 110. 



