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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 314 



315 



A 3d type L.B. house E. of Kiva M.; W. 

 corner overhung latter. NW. corner indi- 

 cated by 2 projecting wall stones. 



Doorways: NE. wall: 1) ca. 4' from E. corner, ca. 



12" w. X 20" h., blocked; 2) ca. 9' 6" from 

 E. corner, ca. 15" w. x 28" h., blocked. 



Wall niches: SW. wall: 5" from S. corner, sill 2" below 



floor, 11" w. X 17" h. NE. wall: 1) 4' 8" 

 from E. comer, 12" w. x 6" h. ; 2) 8' 2" from 

 E. corner, 13" w. x 5" h., both 9" above floor. 



Fireplace : 35" from NE, wall, 7" from SE., ca. 26" dia., 



unrimmed. 



Outside fire pit: 27" outside R. 314, between Kiva M and 



R. 315. Slab-lined firepit 31" NE.-SW. x 

 21" w. x 27" d., surrounded by slab pavement. 

 E. of pit, abutting 314 wall, masonry-lined 

 repository 10" x 11" x 9" d. 



Subfloor: Fill, constructional debris and blown sand. 



S. corner test shows R. 314 SE. and SW. 

 foundations built on O.B. floor at depth of 

 8' 2". That floor, with 3 O.B. walls, is 4" 

 below that of R. 315 alcove. At height of 

 6' 9" a 10^" dia. beam parallels SE. side of 

 314 at dist. of 23". Two poles protrude 

 from upper SE. foundation; above poles and 

 beam, a layer of cedar splints. Under 314 

 floor 2 foundations av. 12 x 17", no identify- 

 ing masonry, cross NE.-SW. A subfloor 

 repository, 26" NE.-SW. x 16" x 10" d., rude 

 masonry, partly razed, floored with slabs, 

 abuts NE. wall 7' 5" from E. corner. 

 Possible O.B. cult room, subterranean, NE. 

 corner. East Court. SE., SW., and NW. 

 walls are 1st type stonework; E. half of NE. 

 wall abuts O.B. stonework at either end as 

 foundation for 3rd type masonry fronting 

 Kiva 75. NW. side, later, abuts plastered 

 SW. and NE. walls. Alterations and repairs 

 evident thruout. 



Ceiling: 2 NW.-SE. beams 7' above floor; transverse 



ceiling poles in NE. and SW. walls. 



Doorway: Lower N. half, SE. wall, partly hidden by 



repairs, blocked and plastered over. 



Fireplace: 4' 5" from SE. wall, 2' 8" from SW., 21" 



NE.-SW. X 19" X 8" d., slab-lined. 



Wall opening : SW. side, 2' 5" from S. comer, 4' 4" above 



floor, 4' 8" w. X 20" h. x 26" d., split cedar 

 lintels; sill extends 14" to abut convex wall 

 of Kiva O with no trace of lintels above. 



Subfloor: Earlier floor at 6". In it, underlying NE. 



wall 28" from E. corner, masonry-lined fire- 



(Continued) 



