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TWO STTMMERS WOKK IN PUEBLO RUINS 



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the best: That these stones are simply supports for rods used in 

 weaving girdles, especially the great white sashes worn by katcinas. 

 Identical supports for rods of this kind are used at the present daj' 

 for the siinie purpose. 



The frequencj' with which stones u.sed for grinding corn are found 

 in gi-aves may be explained bj' their prominence in the life of the 

 women, in whose graves they generally occur. Tliese utensils are 

 ordinarily found in a reversed position near the middle of the bodj'. 

 The custom of burjang metates in graves is known from the ceme- 



Ftu. ir>6. stone used in belt frame, from Four-mile ruin. 



teries at Sikyatki, IIumolol)i, Chcvlon, Chaves pass, and Four-mile. 

 A doubtful instance occurred in the Kintiel burial ground, where a 

 metate was found in Ihe graveyard, but not near any skeleton. 



.STONE SLABS 



The presence of stone slabs, some of wliicli are of consideral)le size, 

 has been recorded in several ruins of New Mexico and Arizona, and 

 these objects were also found at Sikyatki, Homolobi, and Kintiel. 

 Several of these specimens were collected at Four-mile ruin. Manj' 

 of the perforated stones were extracted from the floors of the kivas, 



