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ARCHITECTURE OF PUEBLO BONITO — JUDD 



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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BOmTO— continued 

 Room 



286 



Kiva 2-E : 



287 



288 

 289 



Doorways : 



Wall niche: 

 Fireplace : 

 Stone slab: 

 Burial : 

 Doorway : 



embedded in bench front. Central fireplace 

 24" dia. x 11" d.; 8" w. masonry rim, 4" h. 

 Suh floor vent., 14" w. x 20" x 27" d. ; ma- 

 sonry-lined duct turns SW at 45° angle. Kiva 

 partly razed upon construction of Kiva 2-E. 

 SW. of R. 286 undercourt kiva and similar. 

 Only S. half excavated. Masonry, dressed 

 friable s.s., unlike PB types. Floor dia., av. 

 14'; depth, av. T7". Bench av. 13" w. x 

 34" h . S. bench recess, 49" w. in front, 45" at 

 rear x 5" d. on W., 10" d. on E. ; above-bench 

 wall recess 49" w. in front, 52" w. at rear x 

 4' 9" h., repeatedly plastered full height. 

 Roof, single E.-W. beam seated 4' 9" above 

 bench with 6" sq. ceiling-pole offset above. 

 Fireplace, 5' 8" in front of bench recess, 19" 

 dia. x 10" d. Subfloor vent duct 18" w. x 

 5' 2" 1. reduced to 3' 9" 1. and N. end floored 

 over; duct turns SW. at right angle under 

 rear of bench recess. Between fireplace and 

 closed vent, masonry screen 6" h. Bench 

 niches: 1) 15" E. of S. recess, 13" above 

 floor, 12" sq. opening to 13 x 12 x 

 28" 1. repository, masonry-lined, unplastered ; 

 2) 22" NE. of 1st niche, 27" above floor, 

 8" w. X 4" h. X 16" 1.; 3) W. of S. recess, 

 demolished. Finds in fill included more frag- 

 ments of Mesa Verde, proto-MV, and 

 Kayenta polychrome pottery than in other 

 East Court excavations. 

 Late dwelling, E. side East Court. N. and S. 

 walls, on last court surface, abut E. Masonry 

 of dressed friable s.s., sparse chinking; plas- 

 tered and smoke-stained; not 2nd type. 

 N. wall: 2' 4" from NE. corner, 21" above 

 floor, 26" w. X 22," across sill. S. wall : 2' 9" 

 from SE. corner, 20" above floor, 25" w., re- 

 duced to 15" w. by plastered secondary jambs 

 for R. 286 doorslab. 



E. wall: 35" from SE. corner, 31" above 

 floor, 6" w. X 3" h. x 3" d. 

 SE. corner, 19" x 21" x 6" d., 3 stone fire- 

 dogs. 



Against N. wall, ZZ" from NE. corner, 3" h. 

 X 15" 1. set on edge. 



In ashy fill, SE. corner, ca. 4' above floor, 

 child burial (Field No. 923). 

 S. wall: 29" from SE. corner, 20" above 

 floor, 26" w. and 23" across sill. 

 Like 287-288, a late room built upon last 

 East Court surface. Masonry, lightly plas- 



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