316 CASA GRANDE KUIN. (eth.a-nn.is 



out from the block itself and inclined slightly downward toward the 

 exterior. It was plastered and smoothly finished. This opening cor- 

 responds to the one in the middle room already described. This fill- 

 ing block, with the orifice under discussion, is shown in figure 330, and 

 in detail in plate ltii 



The lower doorway, shown in figure 330, is much broken out, and 

 although now but 2 feet li inches wide at its narrowest part, no trace 

 of the original surface remains on the northern side. The opening was 

 i feet 6.J inches high and probably less than 2 feet wide, with vertical 

 sides. 



In the western wall of the southern room there was but one opening. 

 This is about 9 inches square, finished smoothly, and occurs in the upper 

 room, about 6 feet 5 inches above the iioor. It is shown in plate Lviii. 

 The doorway between this room and the western room was smoothly 

 finished and is in good order except the top, which is entirely gone. It 

 was covered with double lintels made of poles 2 to 4 inches in diameter, 

 the lower series about 3 inches above the top of the door. The open- 

 ing was originally filled in like that described above, leaving only 8 or 

 10 inches of the upper part open. The lower part of the block was 

 pierced by a square hole, like thab in the western room, but this has 

 weathered or been broken out and the block has slipped down, so that 

 now its top is 1 foot 5i inches below what was formerly the top of the 

 opening. The top of the filling block is still smooth and finished and 

 shows across its entire width a series of prints probably of flat sticks 

 about an inch and a half wide, though possibly these are marks of some 

 finishing tool. The marks run north and south. 



The opening below the one just described was so much filled up at 

 the time of examination that none of its features could be deter- 

 mined, except that it was bridged by two tiers of sticks of the usual 

 size as lintels. The subsequent excavation before referred to, however, 

 apparently disclosed an opening similar to the one described, and, like 

 it, filled nearly to the top with a large block. 



A little west of the middle of the northern wall there are three niches, 

 arranged side by side and about Gi feet above the first roof beams. 

 The niches are 10 inches high, a foot wide, and about a foot deep, and 

 are about 8 inches apart. They are smoothly finished and plastered, 

 but were roughlj' made. 



The eastern opening in the northern wall, opening into the east room, 

 is well preserved except the top, which is missing. It measured 4 feet 

 2i inches in height and 1 foot 11 inches wide at the bottom, the to^) 

 being nearly an inch narrower. It carried two tiers of lintels of me- 

 dium size. 



The gap in the southern wall of the southern room, shown in the 

 plan, though now open from the ground up, represents the location of 

 two doorways, one above the other. Eemains of both of these can still 

 be seen on the ends of the walls. No measurements can be obtained. 



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