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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BOmTO— continued 



Room 

 147 



148 



Doorways ; 



Subfloor : 



149 



Doorways ; 



Subfloor ; 



150 



Doorways ; 



Subfloor : 



depths. Small room with rimmed fireplace 

 10" X 12" at depth of 33". 

 "Altar room" of Kiva A ; S. wall apparently 

 razed at floor level and floored over. Steps 

 descend to Kiva A (which see). Masonry 

 "altar" 4' 5" E.-W. x Hi" w., now only 

 13" h,. stands 7' 4" from W. wall, 4' from 

 N.; 4' 7" at E. end. 



N. wall : 4' 3" from NE. corner at floor level, 

 25" w., blocked. E. wall: 5' 4" from NE. 

 corner at floor, 24" w. x 36" h., blocked. 

 S. and W. walls at floor level no foundation, 

 S. wall built on 2 logs 5" and 6" dia., that 

 parallel W. at 10" and extend to E.-W. wall, 

 15" th., plastered both sides, that passes under 

 W. side of room 6' 1" from NW. cor. on floor 

 at depth of 25". Latter cut thru at S. ap- 

 parently when Kiva A was built. Tests show 

 various subfloor walls and debris of occupa- 

 tion with Old Bonitian sherds and metate. 

 W.: (see E. door, R. 148). E. wall: 1) 6' 

 from NE. corner at floor level, 28" w., 

 blocked; 2) 13' 7" from NE. corner, 10" 

 above floor, 25" w., blocked. 

 Earlier wall parallels E. at 2' ; razed 3" under 

 floor and 16' from NE. corner apparently 

 upon construction of Kiva A. In it, 5' 2" 

 from N. end, a former door jamb; wall built 

 on 2 parallel 2nd type walls av. 16^" w., that 

 contin. from E. Ct., 26" apart and 37" below 

 floor level, the 1st 10' 7" from NE. corner, 

 extending to and under W. side of room 

 9' 5" from NW. corner. Neither observed in 

 R. 148. 3 or more 5" N.-S. logs embedded in 

 Kiva A stonework 17" below 3rd type W. 

 wall. In SE. corner crude masonry buttress 

 17" w. X 32" h. abuts Kiva A on surface at 

 depth of 46". 



At N. solid masonry 1' below floor abuts E. 

 wall and Kiva A curve, 39" th.; N. of this 

 point walls merge. No trace of plaster. 

 E. wall : 1) 4' 4" from SE. comer, 16" above 

 floor, 27" w. ; 2) 14' 4" from SE. corner, 19" 

 above floor, 28" w. W. wall: 5*10" from 

 SW. corner at floor level, 29" w. All blocked. 

 Earlier floors at 17, 21, 25, 32, 36, and 49". 

 E., W., and S. walls on 17" level; on 25" 

 level, S. wall overhangs by 6" unlined un- 

 rimmed, ash-filled hearth 66" dia. x 10" d. 

 Tests show 5 sections of subfloor foundation, 



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