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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 



249 B 



250 



Ventilators : 



Doorways : 



251 



Ceiling : 



Doorways : 



Ventilators : 



Subfloor : 



252 



Doorways : 



floor, 25" w. X 33" h. ; upper part 3' 10" w., 

 blocked to width of lower part, then com- 

 pletely closed. 



E. wall, at floor level, both blocked: 1) be- 

 low E. door, ca. U" sq.; 2) 12" from NE. 

 corner, 14" sq. 



Passageway under S. end of R. 252B con- 

 necting Rs. 251 and 256. 

 E. wall : 5" from SE. corner, at floor level, 

 27" w. X 27" h. X 24" across sill ; secondary 

 masonry jambs 2" th. slant up and out. W. 

 wall: 2" from NW. corner at floor level, 

 19" w. X 24" h. X 19" across sill; S. jamb is 

 pine post IQi" dia. supporting a hewn plank 

 19" 1. and 6-3" dia. lintel poles. 

 Much altered masonry ; smoke-stained plaster 

 all sides. 



Ceiling poles, at 6' 2" had sagged 2' in 

 middle; split cedar and cedarbark above 

 poles sooted but unburned. 

 N. wall : 5' 10" from NE, corner, 26" above 

 floor, 22" w. X 25" h. x 17" across sill ; plank 

 6" w. X i" th., serves as front lintel; sec- 

 ondary jambs. E. wall: 1) 36" from SE. 

 comer, 21" above floor, 22" w. at top, 25" w. 

 at sill X 27" h. (see W. entrance R. 250) ; 

 2) flush with SE. corner, blocked (W. door 

 R. 247). S. wall blocked (see N. door 

 R. 249A). W. wall: 12" from SW. corner, 

 16" above floor, 28" w. x 5' h., 5 lintel poles 

 at front stepped sharply upward to hewn 

 plank 6' 3" above sill and more poles same 

 level. 



W. wall, 21" from NW. corner, 5' 2" above 

 floor, 30" w. X 17" h., blocked to form recess 

 9" d. Sill slopes upward and out to Kiva F 

 terrace. E. wall : 4' 3" from NE. corner, 

 3' 6" above floor, 16" sq., pole lintels. 

 Earlier floors at depths of 6' 3" and 6' 9" are 

 those of rooms abandoned and built upon. 

 Masoiuy of lower walls is more typical than 

 that above but remains unplastered. Test at 

 N. end shows base of E. wall at 6' 8"; N. 

 wall masonry continues to associate floor at 

 7' ; upper N. overhangs 2nd type lower by 8". 

 Masonry, mixed; W. wall favors 2nd type, 

 E. wall, 4th. 



E. wall: 5' 6" from NE. corner, 13" above 

 floor, 25" w. at top, 27" w. at sill x 38" h. 

 W. wall : 4' 2" from NW. corner, 26" above 



(Continued) 



