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pins, needles, and pointed implements used in weaving and sewing. 

 The largest specimens were made from the bones of deer and ante- 

 lope" ; the smaller, for the most part, from bones of rabbits and birds. 



A bone implement was found in Pinedale ruin cemetery for the 

 use of which there is no satisfactory explanation. It is made from a 

 human arm bone, cut off a short distance from the trochanter. There 

 can be no doubt that the cut is artificial, as the marks of a primitive 

 instrument are visible, while there was evidentlj' an effort to polish or 

 otherwise work the surface of a similar specimen. The ma.i'ority of 

 these bone objects wei-e made of the humerus of the wild turkey, one 

 only being made of a human bone. 



One of the most exceptional bone objects found at Pinedale was an 

 implement with two long prongs, unfortunatel}' broken at the end 

 (see figure 109). 



A .shallow house-burial in one of the rooms of the ruin to the right 

 of the Pinedale road contained calcined bones, evidently human, a 

 copper buckle, and a few ;irmy buttons showing the action of fire. This 

 was evidently an intrusive burial, much later than the others, and 

 there is reason to believe that it was made long after the room in 

 which it was found had been deserted, though there was no way of 

 telling whether the fragments of the skeleton were those of an Indian 

 or white man. 



The tall trees growing from the debris filling the rooms of the rec- 

 tangular ruin at Pinedale show that the pueblo was of great age. 

 Fortunately, one of these had been sawn down, revealing the number 

 of rings indicative of its age. Though it was not possible to count 

 these with certainty, over 100 concentric layers could be made out 

 without difficulty. In 1he room where these metallic objects were 

 found grew one of the largest of the trees. 



A considerable collection of crania was made at Pinedale, as at Kin- 

 tiel and Four-mile ruins. 



STOTT RANCH RUIN 



During the trotibles in the Tonto basin a few j-ears ago, a party from 

 the basin visited a ranch owned by a man named Stott, a few miles 

 west of Pinedale, and hanged him for alleged horse stealing. The 

 ruin called by his name is a few rods from his cabin, now deserted. 

 It is a fine ruin situated in a beautiful park of lofty pine trees, and 

 offers opportunities for archeological sttidy, but is inconvenient for 

 extensive work on account of its distance from a base of supplies, the 

 nearest place, Pinedale, affording only a limited supply of provisions. 

 In general character this ruin resembles those near Pinedale, and the 

 few fragments of j)ottery which were jjicked up on the surface are 

 identical with those from Four-mile ruin, near Snowflake. A mile or 



"The pueblos near haunts of deer and antelope have a larger proportion of bones of these 

 animals; those in the plain have more bones of rabbits and birds. The fauna of the region is 

 accurately reflected in the bones found in its ruins. 



