GROUP A OF BLACK FALLS KUINS 



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place, but their former positions are shown in many walls by 

 openings, indicating tliat when inhabited the pueblo had two, 

 possibly three, stories. An inelosure which may have been a ninth 

 room is so filled with fallen walls that the details of its construction 

 or size could not be determined. 



As none of the rooms have external lateral openings on a level with 

 the foundations, it is naturally supposed that all were entered by 

 means of ladders and hatchways. There are a modern doorway and 

 fireplace in one room, evidentlj' of later construction than the walls. 



Perhaps the most problematic structures in this ruin are the small 

 cysts in the canyon walls east of the entrance. A thin layer of 

 softer rock has so weathered as to leave a horizontal crevice which at 

 intervals is divided by stones set on edge into receptacles a foot oi- 

 so deep. They were formerly closed by flat slabs of stone, only two 

 of which now remain in place. These cj^sts were nicely plastered, 

 and the slabs which closed them were luted in place with adobe. 

 Nothing was found in them to indicat'^ their use, whether as burial 



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Fig. 5. Plau of ruiu ,i . group a . 



places for the dead or as bins for the storage of corn. Their number 

 was considerable, but they wei-e so small that their capacity could 

 scared}' have been more than a few bushels. This is the only ruin in 

 which such inclosures were found, and no theory is advanced as to 

 their former use. 



RUIN K 



Ruin K, which evidently formerly contained several rooms, is 

 divided into two sections and is situated on a high lava mesa difftcult of 

 approach. The walls of the larger section inclose three well-preserved 

 rooms, and still i-ise to a height of about. 8 feet. Five feet above the 

 base the red sandstone blocks of which the walls are built are 

 replaced by a course of stone of lighter color, which forms a horizon- 

 tal band around the ruin. The second section consists of a low, 

 rough wall Iniilt along the edge of the cliff, inclosing a level space in 



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