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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 226 B 



227 



Ventilators : 



Ceiling : 

 Doorways ; 



227 B Doorways ; 



227-1 



Shelf; 



Doorways ; 



Subfloor : 



S. wall: 1) 5" from SW. corner, 5' 6" above 

 floor, 13" w. X 14" h.; 2) 4" from SW. 

 corner, 5' 6" above floor, 11" w. x 13" h. ; 

 both blocked. W. wall: 1) flush with S., 

 5' 6" above floor, 12" w. x 15" h., 10 lintel 

 sticks ; 2) probable vent in broken N. end. 

 Masonry, 4th type banded. Plaster on all 

 walls. 



Single E.-W. 10" pine beam ; 40-3" poles, 

 paired butt to tip and bound with yucca 

 strips ; split cedar and adobe mud. 

 E. wall: 20" from NE. corner, 13" above 

 floor, 28" w. X 4' h. X 25" across sill, 7-2i" 

 lintel poles ; lower 35" blocked. S. wall : 

 36" from W. comer, 39" above floor, 19" w. 

 at top, 22" w. at sill x 33" h. x 25" across; 

 inverted tabular metate sill, 21" w. x 2" th. 

 extends 3^" into R. 173 ; new lintels reduced 

 height to 28". W. wall : T-shaped door, 

 upper part 7" from SW. corner, 3' 9" w. x 

 4' 3" h., 7 lintel poles 6' 8" above last floor ; 

 lower part 18" from SW. corner, 23" w., sill 

 below floor. Projecting stone forms 9" w. x 

 5" step 14i" above floor. Repeatedly altered ; 

 finally blocked. 



S. wall: 9' 7" from SW. corner, 28" w. x 

 3' 9" to broken top, 27" across sill. W. wall, 

 T-shaped door; upper part flush with N., 

 3' 6" w. X 3' 9" h. ; lower part 9" from N. 

 wall, 23" w. X ca. 25" h. ; blocked to leave 

 upper door 18" x 20" ; later blocked. 

 Triangular, 32" x 18" x 21" above diag. door 

 connecting 228 B and 173B. 

 Ground floor room not evident before ex- 

 cavating. Room 227B covers both 227 and 

 227-1. 



E. wall: T-shaped door 1" above floor; 

 upper part 18" from NE. corner, 3' 9" w. x 

 3' 9" h., 5-4" lintel poles ; lower part 30" from 

 NE. comer, 23" w. x 35" h., blocked with 1 

 stone protruding as 12" h. step, upper part 

 with 5 upright posts in middle, blocked from 

 R. 226 leaving recess 3' 9" w. x 16" d. S. 

 wall: 3' 11" from SW. corner, 17" above 

 floor, 24" w. X 4' 2" h. x 25" across sill; 

 blocked. W. wall: blocked (see E. door 

 R. 227). 



Uneven surface at 2' covered by debris of 

 occupancy containing both P. II and P. Ill 

 potsherds. 



(Continued) 



