NO. I ARCHITECTURE OF PUEBLO BONITO — JUDD l8l 



The outer ends of the upper layer were firmly fixed in the kiva 

 masonry 7 feet 9 inches above its bench, and here, at wall top, two 

 pine logs carried the south side of Rooms 290-291 across the north 

 arc (pi. 57, left). Piercing the uppermost layer but built upon 

 seven hewn boards inserted just below was a neat masonry cylinder, 

 16 inches in diameter by 12 inches high, with a hole in the middle, 

 1^ by 2^ inches, that opened directly into the kiva. My notes refer 

 to this feature as "the speaking tube," but its purpose remains a 

 mystery. It stood upon the northwest quarter of the roof about 7 

 feet from the edge ; the upper logs had been cut away to admit the 

 hewn boards. A miniature wall, 3 inches thick, 6 inches high, and 

 20 inches long on the same hewn boards and only 3 inches away, 

 likewise remains a mystery but could have been part of a miniature 

 enclosure. 



Each of the six Kiva L pilasters was a 4- foot section of a red- 

 cedar log about 10 inches in diameter, veneered at the sides with 

 small-stone masonry, and plastered all over. The forward end of 

 the log was set back 3-4 inches from the edge of the bench ; its rear 

 was inserted into a previously prepared opening in the kiva wall, 

 lintel sticks above, and the excess space subsequently filled in. From 

 core to outside mudwork each pilaster reflected the craftsmanship 

 of a painstaking builder (pi. 61, left). Pine posts about 3 inches in 

 diameter stood at the back, one on top the pilaster and one at either 

 side. Those at No. 4 measured nearly 7 feet high but we observed 

 behind them no trace of grass or other vegetal matter. 



Built upon the bench against Pilaster 2 was a masonry block, 16 

 by 12 by 19 inches, an adjunct necessitated by compression of the 

 overlying logs (pi. 58, lower). Other Kiva L pilasters had indi- 

 vidual stones introduced to distribute like pressure. Clearly these 

 ceiling timbers had been placed while still green and unseasoned. 



On top of each pilaster log and under the paired poles was a 

 gouged-out cavity about 2 inches in diameter by half an inch deep 

 containing a sacrificial offering of beads and other objects of per- 

 sonal value. Each cavity was rabbeted for a close-fitting cover, wood 

 or stone, discoidal or rectangular. Because the Kiva L pilaster offer- 

 ings are complete and thus perhaps more informative than usual, I 

 am listing them individually in the table on page 182. 



In addition, we have three bench- front niches in Kiva L, each 

 ceiled with hewn pine boards and each empty : ( 1 ) On the east side 

 between Pilasters 2 and 3, unplastered, 40 by 20 by 17 inches deep 

 with an ll^-by-132-inch-high opening 9 inches above the floor; 



