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TWO SUMMERS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS 



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Fig. 



Dipper with decorated liandle. 

 frinu Kintiel. 



and originated within tlie limited area in the midst of which the 

 present llopi villages are sitnated, where not only the decoration, 

 but also the ware itself is superior. Strangely enough, the more 

 ancient the ruin is, the better is the pottery. This may have a liear- 

 ing on certain theories regarding thi' ancestors of the Hopis, for we 

 have been accustomed to liear (hem spoken of as rude Shoshoneaus 



akin to some of the lowest tribes of 

 Ihe Rocky mountains, who have 

 adopted a pueblo life after they came 

 into the pueblo area. The author's 

 researches show that only a small 

 l)art of them claim to have sprung 

 from the north, but from whatever 

 source they came, and whether tliej' 

 adopted the pueblo life after their 

 arrival or not, the.y reached a higher 

 culture, judged by artistic excellence 

 of jiottery, than any other pueblo 

 people. 



Some of the specimens of coiled 

 ware from Kintiel are remarkably fine. One of the best is almost 

 black, as though discolored by constant use in the fire, and was 

 evidently a cooking ])ot. 



The accompanying figure (75) of a dipjier from Kintiel might readily 

 be mistaken for a like object from the cliff houses of the Mancos 

 canyon. It is a common form of 

 black and white ware almost uni- 

 versal throughout the Southwest. 

 The forms of pottery f i-om Kintiel 

 are not exceptional, for all the tyx^es 

 which were found there occur else- 

 where. The rough ware, universal 

 in the pueblo area, is abundant in 

 the Kintiel graves, and leads all oth- 

 ers in number of specimens (see fig- 

 ure 70) . This is in marked contrast 

 to collections from Sikyatki and the 

 Little Colorado ruins, where smooth 

 decorated ware predominated. 



There were comparatively few fus. 

 food vessels, and no large vases 

 wcn-e obtained. Cups, ladles, vases, and slipper jai'S were the most 

 common pottery forms. A three-lobed cup of i-ed ware was dug out 

 of the eastern cemetery. This form is exceptional in the jjueblo 

 ruins which the author had previously examined, but beautiful spec- 

 imens have been found at Ilomolobi and Chevlou. 



C<jiled vase from Kintiel (number 

 176910). 



