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fragment of a large red bowl. The pit was filled with mortar made 
from the red clay of the mesa mixed with charcoal and ashes. 
Ruin No, 12.—Two miles southeast of Mancos Spring, on a thickly 
timbered ridge between the forks of Johnson Canyon, are the re- 
mains of two long rectangular buildings. Both are so badly eroded 
that it is impossible to estimate their original dimensions. Their 
long axes extend east and west. The more easterly of these struc- 
tures was built entirely of poles and mud, while parts of the other 
are of stone. There is not enough fallen masonry to indicate that 
the stone sections of the walls were more than 3 or 4 feet in height. 
South of the eastern ruin was a burial mound like the one at 
Ruin No. 9, except that it was smaller, being only 45 feet in diameter. 
On being excavated this was found not to differ markedly from the 
one already described. It had been ransacked from one end to the 
other by badgers and everything in the central part destroyed. 
Around the south edge, where there were many stones mixed with 
the soil, the animals had operated less extensively, and here were 
found 11 distinct graves, every one of which, however, had been to 
some extent disturbed. All were flexed, but there was no deter- 
minable uniformity of orientation. Two of the bodies lay beneath 
large sandstone slabs. From one grave was taken the small undeco- 
rated bird-form vase shown in plate 71, a. Besides a few arrow- 
heads and a bone awl this was the only artifact recovered from the 
mound. 
The bones of some of the bodies, particularly those of one child, 
show an advanced stage of disease, the articular surfaces being 
deeply pitted and in some cases nearly eaten away. 
Ruin No. 13—Upon the mesa separating Johnson and Greasewood 
Canyons are a number of ruins, one of which deserves mention be- 
cause of its size. This, which is rectangular in form, falls a trifle 
short of 600 feet in length (east and west) by 100 to 150 feet in 
width. It was constructed entirely of poles and mud. No exca- 
vations were undertaken here except trenching through a refuse 
round, which did not appear to contain human bones. 
2. RUINS ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN SALT AND GRASS CANYONS 
Shrine at Site No. 14.—From the head of Johnson Canyon the 
divide forming the political division between La Plata and Monte- 
zuma Counties extends in a southwesterly direction for about 10 
miles, ending at the head of the western tributaries of Barker 
Arroyo. At its southern extremity a conical butte rises 100 feet 
above the surrounding mesa. The nearly circular top is perhaps 
90 feet in diameter and in the center is a pit some 15 feet across and 
4 feet deep. It is probable that the commanding position afforded 
