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TWO SUMMERS WORK IN VITEBLO RUINS 



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The Htructiiro of the walls was interestini>-. They were made of 

 adobe, but at regular intervals the much decayed reimuiiits of upright 

 posts were found eml)edded in Ihcni. These posts (ligure 87) are 

 thought to be comparable with similar logs used in the construction 

 of the adobe walls of houses in the Gila valley, as described in a sub- 

 sequent account of the architecture of the buildings of the Pueblo 

 Viejo (page 177). There were 7io lateral windows in this room, and 

 the entrance was jjrobably from the roof, no remains of which were, 

 ho we ve r, d i sco v e red . 



In order to determine the number of superimposed rooms in the 

 highest part of Four-mile ruin, the author followed the walls down 



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Fig. 87. Upright po.sts in wall at Four-milo ruin. 



fioni the surface of the main mound, penetrating through two floors 

 before he came to the lowest, which rested on the undisturbed soil. 

 It may, therefore, be concluded that the pueblo in this part had an 

 altitude of three stories, and it is probable that there was still a 

 fourth al)ove, the remains of tlie walls of which the author was unable 

 to trace. There were no walls standing above the ground at any 

 point on the mounds, and the general appearance of the ruin is that 

 of great age. ' 



As a rule, the oldest ruined pueblos in the open plain are destitute 

 of walls standing above ground: those with hiah walls are more mod- 



