ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 9 



An examination of place names and village sites and 

 linguistic studies occupied Mr. Harrington up to the end of 

 June. Not only were vocabularies of early recording utilized 

 but the invaluable records contained in the old mission books 

 were, through the courtesy of Bishop McGinley, of Fresno, 

 placed at the disposal of the Smithsonian Institution for 

 copying, and a considerable part of these books has already 

 been copied and revised with the aid of the oldest Indians. 



Dr. F. H. H. Roberts, jr., archeologist, devoted the fiscal 

 year to a number of activities. During the months of July, 

 August, and September, excavations at a site on the Zuili 

 reservation, 16 miles northeast of the Indian village of Zufii, 

 were brought to a conclusion. The work had been started 

 the latter part of May, 1930. At the end of the season's 

 field work the ruins of two houses, one containing 64 rooms, 

 the other 20 rooms, and a number of ceremonial chambers 

 had been cleared of the debris which had accumulated in 

 them in the centuries which have passed since their 

 abandonment. 



Evidence showed that the largest of the houses had not 

 been erected as a complete unit and that it was not occupied 

 in its entirety at any time. The central block, together with 

 a superceremonial chamber placed at its southern side, 

 constituted the original block of the structure. Subsequent 

 additions consisted of an east-and-west wing and a series of 

 chambers south of the original portion and east of the great 

 ceremonial chamber. Masonry in the walls of the latter 

 portions was inferior to that in the original section. The 

 outlines of the rooms in these same portions of the building 

 were so irregular that they appeared to have been built by a 

 different group of people. The walls in the original section 

 were constructed in a style characteristic of the ruins in the 

 Chaco Canyon, 85 miles northeast from the Zuni region. 

 The stonework in the latter portions of the building was 

 suggestive of the type found in the ruins of the Upper Gila 

 area to the south. 



The small house did not give evidence of growth stages as 

 distinct as those observed in the large building; it did show, 

 however, that a fairly small structure had been added to on 



