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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BOmJO— continued 



Room 

 246 B 



247 



Wall niches : 



Shelf : 



Doorways : 



Post: 

 Subfloor ; 



247 B 



247 BN Doorways : 



Ventilator : 

 247 BS Ventilator : 



Shelf : 

 248 



28" h., stepped-down lintels and one step to 

 R. 245; secondary jambs for R. 246B door- 

 slab; 3) 22" from SE. corner, 30" above 

 floor, 20" w. X 34" h., blocked. W. wall: 

 5' 11" from SW. corner, 3' 5" above floor, 

 28" w., hewn planks for sill. N. wall : 3' 10" 

 from NE. corner, 17" above floor, 25" w. x 

 35" h., blocked. 



W. wall: 1) 32" from SW. corner, 26" 

 above floor, 18" w. x 10" h. x 14" A; 2) 

 5' 11" from SW. corner, 26" above floor. 

 Paired pole holes in E. and W. walls, 5" and 

 14" from SW. corner, 4' 2" above floor. 

 Masonry shows reconstruction: W. wall, 

 predominantly 2nd type : E., 4th ; N., a rough 

 partition under ceiling beam but 16" N. of 

 corresponding wall in R. 247B. 

 S. wall : 4' 4" from SW. corner, hewn plank 

 sill; blocked above floor at depth of 21". W. 

 wall : flush with N., 27" above floor, 25" w. x 

 28" h., blocked from R. 251 leaving 14" d. 

 recess; this door appears to have been cut 

 after completion of room. 

 8" dia., post under N. beam, 4' from N. wall ; 

 2' 7" from E. 



N. wall built on 12" layer of dried wall adobe 

 extending out 8' ; earlier floor at 5' 7". Test 

 against middle S. wall shows earlier floors 

 at 21 and 44" ; fill between, debris of demoli- 

 tion. Upper floor crossed lower half of 

 blocked and plastered door 25" w. x 4' 7" h., 

 with hewn plank sill. 1923 test showed sub- 

 floor foundation 23" w. x 3-6" th. continuing 

 imder N. end 16" from NE. comer but razed 

 5' to S. 



Excavation disclosed two 2nd story rooms, 

 247B north and 247B south, separated by 

 wall built on ceiling beam. 

 E. wall : 37" from SE. corner, 32" above 

 floor, 28" w. X 3' 7" h. reduced to 27" h. by 

 new sill. W. wall : 7' 9" from NW. corner, 

 28" above floor, 21" w. x 3'6" h. 

 W. wall: 13" from NW, corner, at floor 

 level, 14" sq. blocked. 



W. wall : 26" from SW. corner, at floor 

 level, 14" sq. blocked. 



At S. end : 4 pole holes in side walls, 35" w., 

 4' 4" above floor offset. 

 With 249 part of former dwelling divided by 

 later partition. Masonry suggests 2nd type 

 but evidences reconstruction. 



(Continued) 



