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convex middle south side of Room 62 and an eastward continuation 

 that forced a corresponding convexity in the west wall of Room 264. 

 This original was succeeded by a larger, elongated chamber built with 

 salvaged materials the plastered inner face of which is preserved in 

 the stonework above the south recess and in the western three- fourths 

 of the kiva wall. An elongation eastward resulted when the builders 

 sought to utilize part of the kiva they were replacing. 



Finally, and apparently only to correct this asymmetry, a veneering 

 that approaches third-type masonry was introduced from near 

 Pilaster No. 1 to just short of No. 3 (pi. 68, left). As will be 

 noted, only the lower half of the kiva wall, old and new, was plastered. 



Unlike the wall above, the Kiva G bench, 35 inches wide and 24 

 inches high, had been replastered repeatedly and all but the first coat 

 whitened. Its 6 pilasters, set back an average of 2 inches, enclose log 

 sections walled at the sides with small-stone masonry and thickly 

 plastered. Between pilasters and about 8 inches from the rear wall, 

 pine posts 2-3 inches in diameter supported a packing of coarse bunch 

 grass. Paired ceiling logs rested upon these pilasters 6 inches above 

 the bench and thus effectively concealed both posts and grass packing. 

 Lintel-like poles embedded in the rebuilt masonry are still visible 

 above No. 2 pilaster. 



Other customary kiva furnishings were also present: A slab-lined 

 fireplace 2 feet in diameter ; a subfioor "vault" west of the fireplace, 

 filled with blown sand and debris of occupation; a 15-inch-square 

 outlet for the under-floor ventilator duct; a south bench recess and 

 a north bench niche between Pilasters 3 and 4. Thus Kiva G, a lone 

 east wing survivor of its period, is thoroughly typical of later Pueblo 

 Bonito kivas as we know them. 



The bench recess between Pilasters 3 and 4 was 5 inches above 

 the floor and measured 29 by 9 inches by 13 inches deep. It was 

 plastered inside and whitened. On either side of it the bench masonry 

 includes a section of coarse stonework closely resembling that of 

 Old Bonito (pi. 70, lower), but, with lean data in my field notes, I 

 hesitated to identify it as such on figure 3. 



West of Kiva G are half a dozen rooms, 166, 167, 280-283, and 

 Kiva K all of third-type masonry. We assumed these several struc- 

 tures overlie older rooms more or less contemporaneous with G, but 

 rather than dig through them we limited our search to a test pit just 

 outside Room 167. 



That court-side test revealed not only three earlier court surfaces 

 but also a partially razed second-type wall 19 inches thick, emerging 



