134 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



shown on figure 7 above Stations 270 and 317 represent cross-court 

 tests, probably by the Hyde Expedition. 



At the south end of B-B', Room 137 lies next east of Room 136 

 and the former village gateway beyond, between Rooms 137 and 140. 

 Hyde's plan of Pueblo Bonito (in Pepper, 1920, fig. 155) represents 

 138 and 139 as a 2-tier unit adjoining 137, his Room 139 on the site 

 of our Kiva 2-D. That former gateway was originally open and 

 7 feet 10 inches wide, the only known entrance to Pueblo Bonito. 

 Subsequently it was barred by a single cross-wall 26 inches thick 

 with a 32-inch-wide doorway in the middle, a doorway that was itself 

 subsequently sealed. Our own observations hereabout show prior ex- 

 cavations on both sides of the cross-wall ; hence my relocation of 

 Room 138 on the south side, Room 139 on the north. 



That cross-wall had no foundation but was based on sand 1 5 inches 

 below the last recognizable West Court surface — the same sand layer 

 that supported third-type veneering along the east side of the Court. 

 Originally this east side was also of third-type construction, as may 

 be seen where its former southeast corner is preserved in Room 140 

 (pi. 33, right). The veneering having toppled forward, we made 

 such repairs as seemed desirable and in 1925 rebuilt the upper por- 

 tion throughout much of the distance northward to Room 35a and 

 the alleyway connecting the 2 courts (pi. 36, upper). 



The area north and south of the former entrance had been 

 thoroughly explored so we contented ourselves with narrow test pits. 

 That south of the cross- wall revealed an 18-inch-wide foundation 

 — the foundation that probably gave rise to Hyde's Room 138 — ex- 

 tending from 137 to and under the southwest corner of Room 140. 

 About 7 feet beyond, a dump of constructional debris lay with a 

 southward dip of 29°. Constructional debris and household sweepings 

 containing early-type potsherds predominated throughout our test. 



At 6 feet 5 inches north of the cross-wall another east-west founda- 

 tion, this one based 2^ feet below the surface, extended to within 

 13 inches of the Court side and there ended — razed, presumably, 

 when the side wall was rebuilt. Here, as on the south, village waste 

 comprised the under-Court fill, or at least the upper 4 feet of it. 

 With the former entrance barred by a cross-wall, the alcoves on 

 either doubtless sheltered ladders that could be drawn to the roof- 

 tops in time of need. 



That rebuilt bordering wall extends from Room 140 north to 

 Kiva 16 and is composed both of laminate and dressed friable sand- 

 stone. Obviously constructed with salvaged materials and by vari- 



