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STONE SLABS FROM FOUR-MILE RUIN 



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others, generallj^ with an orifice of largei* size, from the soil covering 

 the rooms. 



It has been suggested that some of these perforated stones were 

 formerly Irailt into walls of rooms to partially close the passageway, 



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Flu. 1U7. Stuuu blalj f ruui Foui'-inilo i-uiu. 



but their presence in graves is not readil.y explained by this theory. 

 Their fashioning demanded considerable labor, and the author recalls 

 one of these perforated stones where the edge had been worked smooth 

 ■with great care. 



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