NO. I 



ARCHITECTURE OF PUEBLO BONITO JUDD 



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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 312 



Fireplace : 

 "Platform" : 



Vault (?): 

 Depositories : 



313 



Subfloor : 



Remnant of much altered L.B. house. Ma- 

 sonry is 3rd type built upon razed 2nd type 

 walls and leveled. 



Slab-lined, 5' 10" from N. wall, 22" from W., 

 17" N.-S. X 19" X 6" d., concealed by later 

 floor, 7" above. 



Abuts E. wall 26" from NE. corner, 26" 

 N.-S. X 23" X 6" h. In middle front, 5^ x 7" 

 opening to slab-lined and covered repository 

 12" E.-W. X 23" x 17" d., inner E. side 

 plastered and whitened. 

 SW. comer, N. 3' 7", E., 2' 9"; S., 3' 6", 

 W., 3'1" X 30" d. Sides plastered and 

 whitened. 



1) NW. corner, 12" sq. x 10" d., masonry- 

 lined and plastered; rimmed on E. ; 2) NE. 

 corner, masonry-lined, 17 x 14 x 7" d. ; in 

 floor, 5" sq. hole filled with s.s. chips. 

 An open area S. of R. 312, between Kivas M 

 and P. N. side, 4' 2" h. to floor level of R. 

 312, is 2nd type masonry its upper 10" being 

 a later replacement. On W. side, Kiva N. 

 vent, shaft shows a door-like end, plastered 

 and whitened. On floor, a rude masonry wall 

 10" h. extends from NE. corner, 8' SW. 

 thence concavely S. 7'. 



Tests show varied stonework at various 

 depths. At NE. corner, wall fragment of 

 mixed masonry 12-14" w., stands upon in- 

 definite floor at depth of 7' 3" and extends 

 irregularly W., S., and E. Another floor, 

 3" lower. About 7' from NE. corner of area, 

 a 27" dia. shaft, razed 3' 8" below surface, 

 connects at depth of 7' 10" with slab-paved 

 tunnel 26" w. x 25" h., roofed with transverse 

 sticks and s.s. slabs, and extending N. be- 

 neath R. 312. On floor at 7' 3" 2nd type ma- 

 sonry occurs repeatedly. Between Kivas M 

 and O the partly razed wall and foundation 

 of an tmnamed kiva, apparently 3rd type. 

 W. of Kiva N vent shaft, sand fill to depth 

 of 10' (3' 8" below Kiva N floor). Log 

 whose cut end appeared 25" above W. end of 

 Kiva N bench recess extends through kiva 

 stonework and 5' 3" outside. An incomplete 

 test SW. of Kiva N vent shaft disclosed a 

 partly razed convex adobe wall, 2' 10" h., at 

 depth of 2^', its broken top overlain by ex- 

 terior stonework of Kiva N. 



(Continued) 



