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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



RcMDra 

 309 



NE. Enclosure; 



SW. Enclosure ; 



NW. Enclosure : 



Subfloor : 



310 



Subfloor : 



311 



Doorway ; 

 Subfloor : 



Masonry of varied height and thickness abuts 

 N. wall 4' 8" from NE. corner, curves S. and 

 K to abut bench and E. wall 3' 3" from NE. 

 corner. Floor 6" higher than room floor, 

 enclosure once ceiled with thin pine boards. 

 Crude masonry wall extends from N. end of 

 deflector to W. wall 6' 9" from SW. corner. 

 Floor within this enclosure 2" higher than 

 that outside; on it lay skeletons of an infant 

 and macaw. In SW. corner masonry-lined 

 pit 34" on W. X 27" X 29" d. ; in its concave 

 side, an open niche 6" w. x 8" h. x 7" d., 

 sill 8" above pit floor. 

 Plastered masonry 3' 7" x 8" x 24" h. abuts 

 W. wall 3' 8" from NW. corner, extending 

 NE. and ending 2' 9" from N W. corner. 

 Tests revealed earlier floors at depths of 19", 

 27" and 36", each with bins and enclosures. 

 Presumed open workspace fronting O.B. 

 Room 19 and L.B. 308-309. Ventilator shaft 

 from latter abuts plastered N. side 14' 3" 

 from NW. comer. On surface, 9 metates — 

 both tabular and L.B. types — and 6 large s.s. 

 slabs, all lying flat. One metate, ca. 6' from 

 W, wall and 8' from N., embedded in adobe 

 mud and rimmed by masonry; below it, 2 

 layered slabs each embedded in mud ; beneath 

 the lower, a masonry-lined repository, 5^" 

 sq., and empty. 3 similar repositories lay 

 against N. wall between 309 vent shaft and 

 NW. corner, each with slab cover; also, 2 

 shallow depressions, each with shells, beads, 

 and flint chips. 



NW. corner test shows 9 earlier surfaces, 

 each whitened ; lowest rounds up to plaster 

 on N., W., and lower E. wall, razed when 

 Kiva N. was built. In lower E. wall, former 

 door 16" from NE. corner, and 6" above 

 floor. 



Remnant of L.B. room much altered. N., W., 

 and S. sides of 3rd type masonry, plastered; 

 E., 8" th., built from outside in line with 2nd 

 type wall of R. 312. 



N. wall, 22" from NW. corner, 2' 10" w. x 

 ca. 3' h., W. jamb partly lost in rude block- 

 ing. 



Partly razed 2nd type wall, whitened, under- 

 lies W. side and connects with like masonry 

 at NE. corner Kiva N. 



(Continued) 



