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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 261 



Subfloor ; 



261 B 



262 



Doorways : 

 Ventilators ; 



Doorwavs : 



Subfloor : 



263 



Doorways : 



4 units of abandoned NK Foundation Com- 

 plex underlie floor 2 abutting plastered ex- 

 ternal masonry of earlier Rs. 265-267. NW. 

 and SW. walls of R. 261 overlie Complex 

 units and likewise abut older W. wall, 46" 

 above its foundation at NW. end and 41" at 

 SW. corner. 



Floor covered part of lower NW. corner 

 block. 



Evident in middle NE., SE. and SW. walls. 

 NE., 1) indicated above door into R. 186B ; 

 2) about 12" sq., opened into R. 18SB. 

 Masonry evidences repeated reconstruction ; 

 all sides plastered; cedar splint 14" above 

 floor in SE. corner ties S. and W. Walls; 

 floor is 4y above that in R. 263. 

 N. wall : 3' 10" from NW. comer, lintel, 7" 

 above floor, identifies door 21" w. x 43" h., 

 blocked, with sill 30" above earlier floor. S. 

 wall : 22" from SW. corner, 23" above floor, 

 22" w. X 25" h. ; hewn lintel boards and 

 secondary jambs for R. 262 doorslab. W. 

 wall : 12" from NW. corner, 4' 4" above 

 floor, 27" w. X 29" across sill, opened into 

 outside vestibule 4' 7" E.-W. x 29" w. ; be- 

 low door, step with 14" tread 19" w. x 13" h. 

 Earlier floor at depth of 5' 1"; work surface 

 at av. 5' 9" ; E. and W. foundations at 6' 5". 

 Lower walls of mixed 2d and 3rd type ma- 

 sonry ; doors in lower N. and W. blocked and 

 plastered over. At 5' 9" solid masonry ca. 

 4' h. crosses room, abuts E. plaster 2' 8" from 

 SE. comer; upper 22" unplastered; in front, 

 3' above floor, step 26" w. x 20" d. On floor 

 at 5'1", foundation 18" w. x 10" h. abuts 

 plastered W. wall 6' 9" from SW. corner. 

 On floor at 7' 5" wall 20" w., razed at 8", 

 plastered on E. side only and painted pink, 

 goes under N. end 27" from NE, corner. 

 Masonry a mixture of 2nd and 3rd types and 

 plastered. Reconstruction evident. Floor is 

 39" below that of R. 274 ; 32" below that of 

 258, 41" below that of 252, and 4i' below that 

 of R. 262. 



N. wall : 3' 3" from NE. corner, 10" above 

 floor, 26" w. X 34" h., lower 26" blocked. 

 S. wall : 37" from SE. comer, original sill 

 4" below floor level, blocked from R. 252 to 

 leave opening 18" above floor, 27" w. x 

 23" h.; later completely closed with hewn 

 planks among blocking stones. 



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