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surely knew that, then as now, except for Service personnel an official 

 permit is required for any activity on a national monument. All 

 1924 repairs made in Kiva Q, and they were made under my super- 

 vision, are listed in Appendix C. Where they differ from Vivian's 

 1940 observations the latter are at fault. Restoration of the south 

 antechamber, clearly seen in his figure 30, is not a product of the 

 National Geographic Society's expeditions. Furthermore, our only 

 underfloor inquiry was that at the northwest pillar. 



In the north wall of Kiva Q, opposite the south alcove and 46 

 inches above the bench, we found seatings for four 5-inch timbers, 

 their over-all width 11 feet 3 inches (fig. 17). Each contained shreds 

 of decayed wood. 



During 1924 wall repairs we unexpectedly came upon a cache of 

 diversified objects with meaning only for the old ritualists who prac- 

 ticed in Great Kiva Q (Judd, 1954, p. 323). The lot (U.S.N.M. No. 

 336041 ) was concealed in an unplastered recess in the stonework above 

 the easternmost of the 4 empty beam sockets or 5 feet 4 inches above 

 the bench. Except for a west jamb 8^ inches high, thus equalling the 

 wall recesses of Great Kiva A, nothing remained of the opening 

 through which, presumably, the objects had been passed. We saw 

 no trace of other, comparable repositories. 



Because this north wall was endangered through seepage we re- 

 stored it to a height of 10^ feet with a downward slope on the Kiva R. 

 side. Our restoration at the north may have exceeded original ceil- 

 ing height, of which no evidence remained, but I felt it necessary as 

 a means of supporting the debris fill under the southwest corner of 

 the Kiva 16 enclosure and the open courtyard fronting Room 28B 

 (pi. 73, left). 



Overhanging the east arc of Great Kiva Q, paired logs formerly 

 carried the west wall of an unnumbered room between 211 and 212 

 and when those logs decayed they let fall not only the masonry they 

 had supported but 23 metates and metate fragments stored in the 

 room (Judd, 1954, pi. 31, upper). This overhanging wall was of 

 later construction than that of Kiva Q, although I have classed both 

 as third-type on the basis of their preponderant use of laminate sand- 

 stone. The same type of stonework appears in paired walls subfloor 

 in that unnumbered room and in those on either side. Walls carried 

 on paired beams are a recurrent architectural achievement of the Late 

 Bonitians as witness those in Rooms 55, 247BN, 290, 291, and others 

 noted herein. 



When we began excavation of Great Kiva Q in 1924 its depression, 



