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ARCHITECTURE OF PUEBLO BONITO — JUDD 



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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 245 



245 B 



246 



246 B 



at sill. Within door, 15" from wall face, is 

 masonry step to R. 246B, full width x 16" h. 

 with 9" w. hewn plank tread. Set in floor 

 below door is an 8" dia. pine post step, 24" h., 

 formerly pilaster log, positioned after sub- 

 floor chamber was filled and floored over. 



Wall pegs : 2 holes for 2" poles, E. wall 4' 4" above floor, 



3' 11" and 8' 8" from NE. corner. 



Posts : 4 ceiling props : 1)4" from N. wall, 4' 6" 



from NE. corner, 5" dia.; 2) 10" from S. 

 wall, 4' 3" from SE. comer, 4" dia. ; 3) 4' 8" 

 from E. wall, 6' 7" from S., 9" dia.; 4) 29" 

 from E. wall, 4' 6" from S., 8" dia. 



Sub-floor Across S. end 28 "d.; N. side abuts E. wall 



"Chamber": 6' 1" from SE. corner and W. wall 7' 4" 



from SW. corner. In NW. corner of "cham- 

 ber," a step 28" w. x 14" h. Test against S. 

 wall of "chamber" revealed earlier floors at 

 depths of 29", 3' 9" and 4' 4". Lintels of 

 blocked S. door 4' 3" h., 10" below 245 floor 

 or 6" above floor of "chamber," shows former 

 dwelling where R. 239 now stands. "Cham- 

 ber" filled with debris of demolition and 

 floored over ; post step to intermural W. door 

 followed flooring. 



Doorways : E. wall : 5' 2" from NE. corner, 29" above 



floor offset, 22" w. at top, 25" w. at sill x 

 31" h. x 26" across. W. wall: 6' 2" from 

 NW. corner, 26" above floor, 20" w. at top, 

 22" w. at sill X 37" h. 



Wall niche: Below E. door, 19" above floor, 24" w. x 



21" h. X 2" d. 



Shelf : Along N. wall : 6 small pole holes 5' 2" above 



floor, 4' 3" w. 



Masonry, mixed 2nd and 3rd types; recon- 

 struction obvious ; some plaster remains. 



Doorways: N. wall: 3' 6" from NE. corner, at floor, 



28" w. X 3' 9" h. ; 2 secondary lintels 6" be- 

 low main lintels support masonry fill; 

 blocked. E. wall : 6' 8" from NE. comer, 28" 

 w. X 3' 8" h., neatly blocked before last floor 

 was laid 7" above sill level. 



Wall pegs : Four-2" dia. pole holes, W. wall 9* 8" above 



floor. 



Subfloor : Earlier floors at depths of 12" and 20" ; latter 



covers layered stones, as in 248. 



Doorways: E. wall: 1) 5' 11" from SE. corner, 26" 



above floor, 28" w. x 3' 7" h. x 24" across 

 sill ; reduced to 22" w. by secondary masonry 

 jambs slanted for R. 246B doorslab; 2) 19" 

 from SE. corner, at floor level, 20" w. x 



(Continued) 



