302 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 266 



Doorways : 



Wall niche ; 

 Subfloor : 



267 



Doorways : 



Shelf: 

 Beam props : 



Subfloor : 



267 B Doorway : 



Ventilators : 

 268 



Mixed masonry; reconstruction evident; VV. 

 wall and W. half of N. are 2nd type ; others 

 probably 3rd with flavor of 2nd. W. side, 

 slightly convex with masonry change 13i' 

 from SW. corner ; longitudinal offset, 12" w. 

 at N. end, is 5' 8" above floor. Blown sand 

 4-12" d. on floor; burned ceiling above. 

 S. wall : 3' 8" from SW. corner, 26" above 

 floor, 27" w. X 34" h. x 18" across sill ; lower 

 10" blocked. W. wall : 6' from SW. corner, 

 4' above floor, 16" w. x 24" h. x 24" across 

 sill. 



W. wall: oval opening 4' 11" from NW. 

 corner, 3' 10" above floor, 6" w. x 2" h. x 

 4r d. 



Earlier floor at 12". Dug into it, 5 storage 

 cists av. 3i' dia. x 4y d. In floor of each, 

 oval to rectangular basin av. 2" d. N.-S. 

 foundation 21" w. x 3' S" h. underlies N. wall 

 S'l" from NW. corner; S. wall 5' 4" from 

 SW. comer. 



NE. unit of 14-room E.-side rectangular 

 house group. Lower N. wall suggests 2d 

 type masonry; E. and W., 3rd type. Recon- 

 struction evident. Latest floor ca. 22" below 

 that of R. 261 and ca. 4y below that of 

 R. 186. 



N. wall: 3' from NE. corner, sill 2" below 

 floor, 29" w. x 33" h. ; later sills 3" and 9" 

 above floor; secondary masonry jambs for 

 267 doorslab reduced width to 21", S. wall : 

 38" from SE. corner, sill 11" below floor, 

 29" w. X 3' 5" h., later sill 2" above floor ; 

 blocked from R. 265 leaving recess 7" d. 

 N. end, pole seats in side walls 4' 9" above 

 floor indicate shelf 5' w. 

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

 post hole 5" dia. x 26" d.; 2) 5' 2" from W. 

 wall, 5' from N., hole 8" dia. x 29" d. 

 Earlier floor, partly whitened, at 26". N. 

 foundation, 30" h., based 35" below earlier 

 floor or approximately 4^' below R. 186 floor. 

 N.-S. foundation 27" w. x 17" h., no iden- 

 tifying masonry, abuts N. wall 4' 8" from 

 NE. corner and S. wall 4' 4" from SE. 

 corner. 



Middle W. wall: probable door. 

 W. wall: 3 at floor level, all blocked. 

 Masonry mixed, reconstruction indicated. N. 

 and W. walls chiefly dressed friable s.s. ; 

 E. and S., banded laminate in 4th type. Re- 



(Continued) 



