SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BOmTO—continued 



Room 

 241 



Ventilators : 

 Subfloor : 



241 B 



Doorways : 



242 



Ventilators : 

 Doorways : 



Ventilator : 

 Subfloor : 



242 B 



Doorways ; 



corner, 11" above floor 27" w. x 4' 4" h. ; 

 blocked. S. wall: (see N. door R. 225). 

 E. wall : 28" from NE. corner, 5' 3" above 

 floor, 13" w. X 10" h., blocked from R. 178 

 leaving recess 9" d. 



Earlier floors or work surfaces at 15" and 

 26". N.-S. foundation av. 26" w. x 19" h., no 

 identifying masonry, parallels E. side at 3i' 

 and underlies end walls. On pavement at 

 6' 3" adobe wall 8" th. x 16" h., topped with 

 stones, faced on N. side only and curving SE. 

 Silt layer crossed wall top ; blown sand 

 banked against S. side. 

 N. wall: 4' 6" from NE. corner, 22* above 

 floor offset, 26" w. x 3' 10" h. x 26" across 

 sill. S. wall : 4' 8" from SE. corner, 28" w., 

 blocked. W. wall : 8' 2" from NW. corner, 

 21" w. x 41" h. X 13" across; sill 7" below 

 floor with steps leading down to Kiva D sub- 

 floor passage. 



E. wall: 1) S. end, 5' 3" above floor offset, 

 17" h. ; 2) probable companion at N. end. 

 N. wall: 5' from NE. corner, 2' 11" above 

 floor, 26" w. X 4' 4" h. ; reduced to 20" w. x 

 2' 8" h. by new sill at 4' 5" and secondary 

 jambs inclined for R. 243 door slab; project- 

 ing stone on original sill served as step. 

 E. wall : 6' 3" from SE. corner, 17" above 

 floor, 27" w. X 4' 5" h., blocked. S. wall: 

 blocked and plastered (see N. door R. 241). 

 E. wall: 28" from NE. corner, 5' 4" above 

 floor, 14" sq., blocked. 



In SE. corner, foundation built on silt 

 stratum 21" below floor; other strata to 

 depth of lOi'. Under N. end, 2nd type kiva: 

 walls 25" th., floor at 9^', bench razed. N.-S. 

 foundation 33" w., no identifying masonry, 

 built on kiva floor and fills its subfloor ven- 

 tilation duct. R. 242 N. and W. walls built 

 from kiva floor ; E. foundation built on bench. 

 Ventilator shaft partly underlies W. wall of 

 room ir3" from NW. corner. 

 Banded 4th type masonry, larger blocks 

 dressed as in 1st story. Floor offset av. 

 5" w. on all walls ; ceiling poles, at 9' 7", 

 grouped in 3s ca. 12" apart. 

 N. wall : 4' 6" from NW. corner, 2' above 

 floor offset, 28" w. x 4' 2" h., lower 7" 

 blocked. NE. comer: diagonal door 22" 

 above floor offset, 24" w. at top, 26" w. at 

 sill X 3' 3" h. NW. corner : diagonal door 



(Continued) 



