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body, whicli was that of a woman, laj' on one side, at full length, with 

 the head at the wider end. To the right of the hips were found a 

 decorated food bowl in which was a smaller bowl, a large and beauti- 

 fullj- decorated vase, and a second small food liowl. On the left arm 

 was an armlet made of a Pectunculus shell identical with those found 

 in .the ruins of Homolobi. On the breast there was a remnant of a 

 wooden prayer stick painted green. Near the mastoid processes 

 were squai-e ear pendants made of lignite covered with a turquoise 

 mosaic surrounding a central red stone. These are beautiful speci- 

 mens of turquoise mosaic, far superior to those now in use in the 

 Iloiji pueblos. The skeleton was in a very jjoor state of preservation, 

 probably because of the character of the soil, which is a cinder sand 

 throiigh which water readily percolates. There is a general similarity 

 in the texture and decoration of the four pieces of pottery found in 

 this grave. They belong to the black-and-white variety and have 

 geometrical ornamentation. 



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Fi(i. 11. Plan of ruin b, group c. 



About 2 miles from the large ruin just described, to the left of 

 the road to Schiiltze's spring, is a small red-sandstone ruin standing 

 on an isolated bluff. This ruin covers the top of the mesa, and is 

 conspicuous for some distance. The rim of the mesa overhangs in 

 places, as the lower strata are much eroded, and the ruin can be 

 entered at only one point. All the rooms of this ruin are single 

 storied, and most of the walls are high, though there is a consider- 

 al)le qiiantity of fallen stone in the i-ooms and at the base of the 

 mesa. 



Room A (see figure 11) is a semicircular inclosnre most of the walls 

 of which have fallen. It is perched over a projecting table or plat- 

 form, the rim of which the wall covers. The ground plan of room B 

 is nearly square; the walls are well preserved and rise directly from 

 the edge of the mesa, which is steep on three sides. The interval 

 between rooms B and D is strewn with stones, but traces of low walls 

 can be seen. One of these walls is on the edge of the steep mesa; the 



