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EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 

 346 



347 



Subfloor : 



Subfloor OB Kiva : 



Later kiva remnants : 



Like 345, a possible late room suggested by 

 buttress-like W. partition and uncertain S. 

 wall 13" w. X 11" h. at outer SW. comer 

 R. 159 but reduced to a single course 20' to 

 the W. Room floor lies 8" below N. founda- 

 tion offset; another silt layer 8" lower. 

 An open terrace fronting LB. R. 324 at 2nd 

 story level and overlying remnants of earlier 

 buildings. Against W. wall 29" from NW. 

 corner is masonry step to R. 324 door, 21" w. 

 X 27" E.-W. X 5" h. N. foundation, 8" h., 

 abuts W. wall on same level as step; above 

 foundation, N. wall (exterior of Kiva Z en- 

 closure) had been plastered and whitMied. 

 Partly razed 2nd type Idva noted subfloor in 

 R. 324 underlies NW. corner of 347; also, 

 2 fragments of plastered 2nd type masonry, 

 their associate floor at depth of 24" broken 

 thru ca. 6' from NW. corner. Embedded in 

 this floor directly below the Kiva Z enclosure 

 at the break-off point are 2 posts 3" dia. ; a 

 3rd post, 10" dia., stands several feet to the 

 S., at the W. jamb of the R. 348 N. door. 

 Beyond the broken 2nd floor, portions of 3 

 successive kivas were encoimtered beneath 

 the SE. corner of Kiva Z enclosure: 1) a 

 1st type OB ki\'a.; 2) one of 2nd type ma- 

 sonry ; 3) 3rd type Kiva 67. 

 Of the OB kiva, we exposed a 7' arc to bench 

 level at 9' 3". Stonework typical, 12" th., 

 slopes outward ca. 13 degrees, razed av. of 

 4' 10" above bench. Bench 36" w., front edge 

 rounded and 2-3" higher ; on bench, plastered 

 masonry pilaster 8" w. x 6" h. x 36" I. ; rest- 

 ing lengthwise directly upon pilaster, exposed 

 5" dia. log its distal end embedded in kiva 

 stonework, forward end seated upon 4" dia. 

 post embedded in bench masonry 29" from 

 rear. A N.-S. log close against the concave 

 W. arc of this partly razed OB kiva and 2 

 others, above and at right angles, helped 

 support masonry of Kiva Z enclosure. 

 Overlying OB kiva bench 9' 3" below R. 347 

 terrace, 15' 3" from its NW. corner and 28" 

 from outer SE. corner of Kiva Z square, is 

 convex exterior of partly razed 2nd type kiva 

 masonry 20" th. We exposed a 6i' section 

 only, our trench ending 12' 9" from the NW. 

 corner of R. 347 and 9' from the SE. corner 

 of Kiva Z enclosure. Built upon this partly 

 razed 2nd type stonework is the previously 



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