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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— co«/mM^d 



Room 

 152 



Subfloor : 



153 



Doorway : 

 Wall niche ; 

 Subfloor : 



154 Doorways : 



Wall niches ; 



158 Doorways : 



163 



164 



165 



Doorways : 



Doorways : 

 Subfloor : 



Subfloor : 



from NE. cor., 3' 8" E.-W. x 9" w. x 24" h. 

 forming alcove paved with slabs 9" above 

 152 floor. 



Earlier floors at 23", 3' 8", 6' 10". E. founda- 

 tion rises from floor at 6' 10" ; N.-S. wall, 

 12" th. abuts whitened plaster under S. 

 foundation on floor at 3' 8" forming W. end 

 of subfloor cist ca. 4' from SE. corner. 

 E. wall abuts on N. and S. AH plastered; 

 W. end whitewashed. 



W. wall: 11" from NW. corner, 24" w., 

 blocked. 



N. wall : 28" from NW. corner, 4' 1" above 

 floor, 5" w. X 4" h. X 5" d. 

 Earlier floors at 15 and 25" overlie O.B. 

 debris of occupation to depth of 9i'. Silt 

 layer 6" below S. foundation, extends out 10' 

 then dips S. Under NW. corner, narrow 

 masonry channel and structure ca. 4' dia. 

 abutting Kiva B exterior may be earlier vent 

 shaft. 



N. wall : 2" from NW. corner, at floor level, 

 20" w. X 24" h. (see S. door R. 152). S. 

 wall : blocked. 



N. wall : Z7" from NE. corner, 9" above 

 floor, 12" w. X 12i" h. X 23" d. S. wall : flush 

 with SW. corner, 2" above floor, 8" w. x 

 11" h. X 9" d. 



N. wall: 1) 18" from NE. corner, sill prob- 

 ably at floor level, 19" w. ; within, 3 masonry 

 steps av. 6" h. lead up to E. Ct. : lowest tread 

 11" ; second, 6" ; third, 8" ; 2) 7' 1" from NE. 

 corner, 27" w. x 29" h.; jambs extend 10" 

 below floor level ; reduced to 20" w. by 

 masonry on W. ; later blocked leaving 6" x 

 15" NE.-SW. ventilator (?) under lintels. 

 E. wall : 2' 4" from NE. corner, 22" above 

 floor, 21" w. X 3' 5" h., partly blocked. W. 

 wall: 2' 9" from NW. corner, 15" above 

 floor, 24" w. X 26" h., partly blocked. 

 E. wall (see W. door R. 273). N. wall, 4' 3" 

 from NE. corner. 



Under E. half, 14" th. wall of second- type 

 kiva (see R. 273). 



Walls of dressed friable s.s., very little 

 chinking. 



Inner face of 2nd-type kiva wall, 14" th. 2i' 

 below approximate floor level underlies S. 

 side 5' 3" from SE. corner and E. side 10' 7" 

 from same corner (see R. 273). 



(Conlinned) 



