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ABORIGINAL REMAINS IN VERDE VALLEY. 



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the center of its eastern side there is a passageway 2i feet long leading 

 into a circular chamber lOi feet in diameter and with its floor on the 

 same level as the room to which it is attached. The back wall of this 

 room is 35J feet from the face of the cliff. 



A group occuring at the point marked E on the map (plate xxv) is 

 shown in plan in figure 297. It is located in a projecting corner of the 

 blufl' and marks the eastern limit of the cavate lodges at this end of 

 the canyon. The group consists of five rooms, and has the distinction 

 of extending four rooms deep into the rock. The main room is set 

 back about 13 feet from the face of the bluff, about 7 feet of this dis- 

 tance being occupied by a narrow passageway and the remainder by a 

 cove. The depth from the face of the bluff" to the back of the inner- 

 most chamber is 47 feet. The main room measures IC feet in length 

 and 11 feet in width, and its roof is less than 7 feet high in the center. 

 Near its center and opposite the long passageway mentioned there is a 

 flre-pit nearly 3 feet in diameter. 



ENTfiANce Doornay, 



Fig. 297. — Plan of cavate lodges, group E. 



At the northeastern corner of the main room there is a wide opening 

 leading into a room measuring S by 7 feet, with a floor raised 2 feet 

 above that of the principal apartment. The roof of this chamber is but 

 4i feet above the floor. Almost the whole eastern side of this room is 

 occui)ied by a wide opening leading into another room of approximately 

 the same size and shape. The roof of this room is only 3 feet 10 inches 

 above the floor, and the floor is raised 6 inches above that on the west. 

 In the northeastern corner there is a short narrow passageway leading 

 into a small circular room, the fourth of the series, having a diameter 

 of 4 feet. The roof of this apartment is only 3 feet above the floor. 



In the southeastern corner of the main room there is a narrow pas- 

 sageway leading into a circular chamber about 8 feet in diameter. 

 This chamber is connected with the second room of the series described 

 by a passageway about 2 feet long, which opens into the southeastern 



