138 THE CLIFF RUINS OF CANYON DE CHELLY © [e17H.ann.16 
Although ultimately the village had to be abandoned as a failure, it 
was certainly oceupied for some years, and this occupancy suggests 
that there was some strong objection to the lower part of the canyon. 
It illustrates, moreover, the importance which was attached to a com- 
mand or outlook over extensive cultivable areas, as to obtain such an 
outlook the builders were content to occupy even such an unsuitable 
site as the one described. 
Figure 37 shows a small ruin similar to those deseribed, but located 
on a site almost covered with large bowlders. The principal structure 
now remaining is a circular kiva, which, contrary to the usual plan, was 
placed close up against the cliff; possibly the cliff formed part of the 
back wall. Large bowlders so closely hemmed in the structure that 
there was neither space nor necessity for an inclosing wall. The kiva 
was benched for about half of its circumference. 
Under the large bowlder to the 
Pee eens right of the kiva a complete room 
Za \ ‘ G . 3 
/ Pane i ‘ had been built, with a doorway of 
‘S = di the usual type through the front 
© ¢ ry & wall. Scattered remnants of other 
hy; woh walls may be seen here and there, 
Chae ~< : but none show well-defined rooms. 
BSP See oid Petroglyphs are quite numerous, 
Wes ° 5 \ | and one small bowlder to the 
Gino jee left of and next to the kiva is 
ea ees 
f covered with cups, dots, and carv- 
ings. It is shown in figure 38. 
Figure 39 shows a ruin where 
the site was not so restricted. One 
well-defined room and two kivas 
: still remain, and there are traces 
eee of other chambers. The main kiva 
Fig. 38—Rock with cups and petroglyphs. - formed part of a compact little 
group of rooms, of which it occupied the front, and appears to have been 
inclosed by a curved wall of rough construction. A curved inclosing 
rall is an anomalous feature, and it is not at all certain that it occurs 
here, as the wall is so much broken down that its lines can not now be 
clearly made out. Excavation would doubtless determine this, as the 
whole site has been much filled up with sand and loose earth. 
The second kiva, which was about the same size as the first, was sit- 
uated some little distance from the other, and on the outer edge of the 
little platform or bench on which the settlement was located. It still 
shows about half of its wall. The rectangular room near the main kiva 
still stands to a height of 3 and 4 feet. The wall nearest the kiva is 
pierced by a number of small openings, and by a neatly finished double- 
notched doorway, which is illustrated in another place (figure 67). 
The whole front of the site has been filled up to a probable depth of 
several feet, and a number of Navaho burials have been made on it. 

