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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 315 



NW. Alcove: 



Subfloor in Alcove; 



316 



Doorways ; 



Fireplaces : 



Subfloor Ventilator 

 Subfloor Passage : 



place 12" d. Subfloor masonry-lined ventila- 

 tor duct, 26" w. X 29" d., originally 7' 1., but 

 reduced to 22" by 10" th. masonry partition, 

 underlies S. corner, connects with outside 

 shaft, 12 X 15". 



Separated from main room by unplastered 

 wall 12" th. abutting SW. side 7' 9" from S. 

 corner, and NE. side 9' 6" from E. corner; 

 in it, 32" from NE. end, door 15" w., its S. 

 jamb a 5" post (possible beam prop). Floor 

 of alcove 4" above both floor of main room 

 and that of O.B. house under R. 314. At NW. 

 end 3 transverse poles 4' 9" above floor 

 evidence shelf 22" w. Ventilator in SW. 

 wall, 3' 4" from W. corner and 1" above 

 floor, 13" w. X 16" h. 



Fireplace, slab-lined, 25" w. x 12" d. on floor 

 at depth of 10" underlies W. half of NE. wall 

 2' from N. corner. On same floor (at 

 10" d.), masonry-lined subfloor ventilator 

 duct 19" NW.-SE. x 17" X 21" d., filled and 

 floored over; probably connects with outside 

 ventilator shaft, 16" NE.-SW. x 14". 

 With R. 315, possible O.B. cult room re- 

 modeled when 3rd type NE. wall was built 

 on floor to support S. side of R. 291 and 

 Kiva 75 enclosure. NW. wall is 1st type 

 and abuts plastered W. half of SW. wall, 

 also 1st type. A mano 10" 1. was embedded 

 in the N. corner, its edge U" above floor. 

 SW. wall: 1) flush with SE. wall, at floor 

 level, 24" w. x 27" h., blocked and plastered 

 over; 2) 9' 6" from W. corner, at floor level, 

 originally 24" h. x 15" w. at top and 26" w. at 

 sill; blocked leaving ventilator 10" w. x 

 13" h., its W. jamb an upright slab. NW. 

 wall: 6" from N. corner, 17" above floor, 

 22" w. X 19" h., blocked and plastered over. 



1) 7" from NE. corner, 6' 2" from NW., 28" 

 NW.-SE. X 18" X 8" d., slab-lined, corners 

 rounded, 3 stone firedogs in row NE. half; 



2) 24" from NE. corner, 4' 7" from NW.. 

 25" dia. x 8" d., slab-lined, reduced one half 

 by masonry on W. side, later abandoned and 

 floored over. 



Duct 15" w. X 24" d., masonry-lined, under- 

 lies SW. wall, 9' 5" from W. corner, connects 

 with outside shaft. 



Masonry lined 22" w. x 26" d., finished on 

 inside only, passes tmder E. corner of room 

 and, 7" beyond, turns sharply to right. 



(Continued) 



