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ground plan. At the back of the cove a row of small rooms, five or 
six in number, was built against the rock. In front of these there 
were two kivas and perhaps other rooms. Only fragments of these 
now remain, but it can still be seen that both kivas had interior 
























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Fig. 17—Ruin in a rock cove. 
benches, and that the western one has been plastered with several 
successive coats—at least four. There are no pictographs on the back 
wall, and but little staining by smoke. The masonry is rather rough, 
consisting of large stones, pretty well chinked with small spawls. 







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Fic. 18—Ground plan of a ruin in a rock cove. 
Some of tne walls were plastered. The western end of the ruin has 
been partially restored by the Navaho and used for burial cists, and 
other cists have been built on the site independent of the old walls, 
as shown on the plan. Figure 19 is a ground plan of a ruin on a 
