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TWO SUMMKRS WORK IN PUKBLO RUINS 



[ETH. ANN. 22 



Room B is ;i small, narrow chamber with good walls on three sides, 

 but the fourth wall, which was situated on the edji:e of the mesa, has 

 fallen over the brink. 



The Ltround-floor chamber of room c is formed by a gap in the mesa, 

 from which a large cubical block has fallen. The walls of this cham- 

 ber are the natural rock, to the surface of whicli adhere fi'agments of 

 jjlastering. The beams of the floor of an upj)er room still rest on the 

 edge of the gap, as in some of the kivas of Walpi to-day, especially 

 those on the eastern edge of the mesa. These are built in a depres- 

 sion, the solid rock forming the walls on three sides, the fourth wall 

 being of masonry. 



Room D is buried under debris, and the broken beams, which have 

 pressed down on a plastered banquette, are still visible. The reeds, 

 straw, and impressed clay which once foi'med a floor may be seen in 

 section. 



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Fig. 8. Plan of section ii. ruin A. group ii. 



Room E has two stories, and the floor beams and rafters are still in 

 place but buried under debris. A high wall 'extends fr<im the east- 

 ern wall of room E, crossing a de^jression in the clifi;, which is bridged 

 by logs serving as its foundation. 



It seems within the bounds of pi'ol)ability that there were 30 rooms 

 in the first section of ruin A, group B, including the basal rooms now 

 deep beneath the fallen walls of the higher x>ortiou of the ruin. On 

 the supposition that half of these were uninhabited, and that there 

 were four persons to (iach room in the remainder', the first section of 

 the ruin would have housed a population of CO. This, however, on 

 the basis of the present population of "Walpi, as compared with tlie 

 number of I'ooms in the pueblo, is a rather low estimate. Considering 

 the population of the second section as about the same as that of the 

 first section, and that of the connecting rooms as about 30, the appro.xi- 

 mate population of the pueblos would have been 150. Estimated on 

 the basis of that of Walpi, the iiopulation would be iOO. 



