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principal villages are provided with low walls of mud masonry. The 
small terraced gardens here are near the river bank on the southwest 
and southeast sides of the village. The inclosed spaces, averaging in 
size about 10 feet square, are used for the cultivation of red peppers, 
beans, ete., which, during the dry season, are watered by hand. These 
inclosures, situated close to the dwellings, suggest a probable explana- 
tion for similar inclosures found in many of the ruins in the southern 
and eastern portions of the ancient pueblo region. My. Bandelier was 
informed by the Pimas! that these inclosures were ancient gardens. He 
Fig. 110. Gardens of Zuni. 
concluded that since acequias were frequent in the immediate vicinity 
these gardens must have been used as reserves in case of war, when the 
larger fields were not available, but the manner of their occurrence in 
Zuni suggests rather that they were intended for cultivation of special 
crops, Such as pepper, beans, cotton, and perhaps also of a variety of 
1 Fifth Ann. Rept. Arch. Inst. Am., p. 92. 
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