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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BOmTO— continued 



Room 

 328 



Ventilator shaft : 

 Subfloor : 



329 



Ceiling ; 



329 



Doorways : 



Ventilator : 



Fireplace : 

 "Closet" : 



330 



rimmed with clay; reduced to 17" w. x 18" 

 E.-W. by slabs thru middle and on S. On 

 NE. rim a clay-lined ash basin 14" dia. x 

 2"d. 



Rises to last West Court surface 3' outside 

 of 328, 8" w. X 12" E.-W. 

 1st type W. wall foundation built on clean 

 sand 20" below floor. Posts in E. wall stand 

 on 8" h. adobe foundation ca. 2" below floor. 

 2nd type N, wall stonework rests upon room 

 floor. 



An improvised O.B. room built in front of 

 R. 326 and ca. 12-15" higher. N. half of E. 

 side, continuing from Rs. 327-328, consists of 

 posts with 1st type stonework between, rather 

 than mud alone. N. and S. walls abut plaster 

 on W. side ; N. abuts E. side ; latter abuts 

 plaster on S. All walls plastered and sooted. 

 Beam ends show in 1st type W. wall at height 

 of 6' 7". In debris above floor, skeletons of 

 1 male, 6 children, and 17 adult females, all 

 disturbed post-burial. 



Pole seatings in N. wall at height of 6i' ; 

 none in S. wall. A 7" dia. post 8" from S. 

 wall and 30" from SE, corner apparently 

 replaced one 10" to E. its position marked 

 by slab fragments on edge and shale pack- 

 ing. 3 smaller posts stood in dug holes, 

 braced by slab fragments, shale packing and 

 basal cones. 



W. wall: 1) 3" from SW. corner, 27" above 

 floor, 23" w. X 37" h. (secondary lintel 7" 

 lower), partially blocked; 2) previously 

 blocked and partly hidden by N. wall. 

 E. wall : 23" from SE. corner, 5" above 

 floor, 15" w. X 12" h. ; reduced to 8" w. x 

 11" h. by secondary jambs sloped outward 

 for doorslab. 



6' 3" from SE. corner, 4' 6" from S. wall, 

 19" dia. x 6" d., slab-lined and plastered. 

 Beam post wedged with slabs and packed 

 with shale stands 35" from E. wall to form 

 SW. corner of "closet" 4' E.-W. x 3' 6", en- 

 closing NE. corner of 329. Its plastered 

 walls, 7" th. X 26" h. were later increased 

 above burial zone by 20" additional masonry 

 15" th. Closet had been ceiled 39" above 

 floor; N. wall opening to R. 328, 14" w. x 

 17" h., 22" above floor. 

 With 320 and 326, R. 330 formed a S. end to 

 the W. arm of crescentic Old Bonito. Its 



(Continued) 



