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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 



244 Doorways : 



Ventilators : 



Subfloor : 



244 B Doorways ; 



Ventilators ; 



245 



Doorways : 



E. wall: 9' from NE. corner, (see W. door, 

 R. 243). W. wall: 5' 9" from SW. corner, 

 37" w., blocked and plastered; slab over 

 lintels 12" above floor. N. wall : 7' from NE. 

 corner, 16" above floor, 22" w. x 3' 4" h. ; 

 blocked. 



E. wall: 1) 6" from SE. corner, 3' 9" above 

 floor, 14" w. X 19" h., blocked; 2) 17" from 

 NE. corner, 4' 6" above floor, 13" w. x 14" h., 

 blocked. 



Partly razed 4th type wall 18" w. x 20" h. 

 on 15" h. foundation 31" from W. side goes 

 imder both N. and S. ; associate floor rounds 

 to 2nd coat W. wall plaster 31" below 244 

 floor. Original W. wall plaster rounds to 

 floor at 4' 9" ; other stonework to floor at 

 6' 9". Test ended on silt layer at 9' 10". 

 E. side plaster ends at floor; foundation, 

 14" h. rests on subfloor 2nd type kiva ma- 

 sonry, 18" th., but continues to its floor at 

 depth of 10'. Partly razed bench 26" w. x 

 22" h., ceiling-pole offset 6" d. 6' above. 

 N. wall : 7' from NE. comer, 28" above floor 

 offset, 27" w. X 3' 8" h. x 24" across sill; 

 6-3" lintel poles 3" below smaller main lintel. 

 E. wall: 8' 11" from NE. corner, 29" above 

 floor offset, 28" w. x 3' 5" h. x 27" across sill ; 

 secondary lintel poles. SE. corner : diagonal 

 door 26" above floor, 26" w. x 37" h. ; sec- 

 ondary masonry jambs slanted for R. 244B 

 doorslab; secondary lintels 3" below main 

 lintel poles. W. wall: 11' 2" from NW. 

 corner, 23" above floor, 24" w. at top, 28" w. 

 at sill X 32" h. x 25" across. 

 W. wall: 1) 31" from NW. corner, 5' 9" 

 above floor, 13" sq., blocked ; 2) 6' 10" from 

 SW. corner, 5' 9" above floor, 12" w. x 

 10" h., blocked. E. wall: 13" from NE. 

 comer, 5' 2" above floor, 13" sq., blocked. 

 All have pole lintels. 



Frequently rebuilt dwelling adjoining R. 244; 

 final masonry, chiefly banded 4th type. Con- 

 tinuing zigzag incised on several S. stones. 

 E. wall: 5' 3" from NE. corner, 3' 2" w., 

 lintel poles 4^" above floor, blocked ; sill not 

 cleared. S. wall : 2' 6" from SE. corner, 

 19" above floor at depth of 4' 4", 38" w. x 

 4' 3" h., blocked to leave recess, full width 

 x 12" h. W. wall: 14" from SW. corner, 

 3' 11" above floor, 21" w. x 3' 3" h. secondary 

 adobe jambs reduce width to 16" at lintel, 18" 



(Continued) 



