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the tendency being to change them from the early inclosed court type 
and to place the houses in longitudinal rows facing eastward. This is 
noticeable in the plans given in Chapter 1. 
Doorways closed with masonry are seen in many ruins. Possibly 
these are an indication of the temporary absence of the owner, as in the 
harvest season, or at the time of the destruction or abandonment of the 
village; but they may have been closed for the purpose of economizing 
warmth and fuel during the winter season. No provision was made 
for closing them with movable doors. The practice of fastening up the 
doors during the harvesting season prevails at the present time among 
the Zuni, but the result is attained without great difficulty by means of 
rude cross bars, now that they have framed wooden doors. One of these 
is illustrated in Fig. 75. These doors are usually opened by a latch- 
string, which, when not hung outside, is reached by means of a small 
round hole through the wall at the side of the door. Through this hole 
the owner of the house, on leaving it, secures the door by props and 
braces on the inside of the room, the hole being sealed up and plastered 
in the same manner ‘that other openings are treated. 
This curious arrangement affords another illustration of the survival 
of ancient methods in modified forms. It is not employed, however, in 
closing the doors of the first terrace; these are fastened by barring from 
the inside, the exit being made by means of internal ladders to the ter- 
race above, the upper doors only being fastened in the manner illus- 
Een 
Fig. 75. A barred Zuni door. 
trated. In Pl. Lxx1x may be seen good examples of the side hole. Fig. 
75 shows a barred door. The plastering or sealing of the small side 
