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and probably had no connection with the roof, but there are no traces 
of heavier timbers above them. In the interior a white band with 
points completely encircled the kiva. The top of this band is about a 
foot above the present ground surface and about 18 inches below the 
bench on the western side. It is illustrated in figure 72. 
The exterior wall of the kiva was very roughly laid up, and some of 
the lower stones were set on edge, which is rather an anomalous feature. 
There is no evidence that the structure was ever inclosed in rectangular 
walls, as was the usual custom; in fact, the occurrence of other walls 
near it would apparently preclude such an arrangement. The wall 
which runs north or northwest from the kiva, joining it to the cliff 
wall behind, is pierced by a doorway some feet above the ground, and 
in front of or below this doorway there is a buttress or step of solid 
masonry, Shown on the plan. There was apparently an open space 
between this doorway and the next wall to the north. The room 
entered through the doorway was very small, and its roof, formed by 
the overhanging cliff, is much blackened by smoke. 
The main or north kiva was 15 feet in diameter on the floor, with a 
bench a foot wide extending around it. The external diameter is over 
20 feet. The interior was decorated by bands and dots in white, which 
are described at length in another place (page 178). The roof was 54 
feet above the bench, and there is a suggestion that it rested on a 
series of beams extending north and south, but this is not certain. 
On the southeastern side, at the point where the kiva comes nearest 
the edge of the cliff, there was a narrow opening or doorway not more 
than 15 inches wide. This was the only entrance to the interior, 
except through the roof, and it opens directly on the edge of the cliff, 
so that it is very difficult, although not impossible, to pass it. In front 
of the opening a little platform was built on the sloping edge of the 
cliff, as though entrance was had from the lower bench by artificial 
means, but itis more probable that this feature is all that remains of 
a chimney-like structure. 
Above this kiva there was apparently a living room, the walls of 
which, where they still remain on the north and west sides, were 
approximately straight, but the corners were rounded. The roof was 
formed by the overhanging cliff and the interior walls were white- 
washed. The kiva walls were about 18 inches thick, but on the west 
side, in the small room between the kiva and the cliff, the masonry is 
much heavier, the lower part extending into the room a foot farther 
than the upper. This is caused by the wall of the second-story room 
above setting in toward the east or center of the kiva. This upper 
wall was supported by a beam, part of which is still in place. The 
small room behind is much blackened by smoke. 
The exterior wall of the main kiva on the northwest side is very 
rough. On the northeast and southeast, however, it is covered by 
straight walls which are well finished. The western end of the north 
