336 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I47 



EXCAVATION NOTES, PUEBLO BONITO— continued 



Room 



349 



350 



351 



ca. 2' dia. W. door, 20" from SW. corner, 

 17" above original floor, above-sill height, 

 3' 7", blocked ; unplastered below upper floor. 

 Ventilators: 1) W. wall 19" from NW. 

 corner at floor, 8" sq. ; 2) 10" above latter, 

 2nd vent, 8" w. x 9" h. ; both concealed by 

 upper floor, here 30" above original; 3) vent 

 in SE. corner connects, both above and below 

 upper floor, with shaft in NW. corner R. 349. 

 Subfloor wall, 8" th., immediately underlies 

 N. side 21" from NE. corner. 

 Originally 1 with R. 348 and separated from 

 it by rude stonework, 10" th. stones protrud- 

 ing irregularly. Floor is 2' lower than that 

 of R. 348. In NW. corner, walls stand 6' h. 

 to last R. 347 level. Lower 3i' of W. wall is 

 rough and smoke-stained; upper part, of 

 plastered 2nd type masonry. 



Ventilators : S. wall : 39" from SW. comer, 15" w., lintels 



22" above floor, sill not evident. E. side : 

 5"-th. wall parallels E. side at 9", space be- 

 tween roofed with slabs 4' 5" above floor, 

 connects 9 x 11" vent at floor, SE. corner 

 of R. 348 with 9" sq. shaft in SE. comer of 

 349. 



Ventilator shaft : NW. corner, conical pile of friable s.s. ca. 



40" dia. X 5' 9" h., shields 10" dia. shaft 

 connecting with 10 x 13" vent 5" above floor 

 4' 3" from SW. corner of 348. 

 Subterranean room, W. Court ; floor lies SV 

 below last utilized surface; Kiva 2-D adjoins 

 on E. Masonry, typeless, of salvaged ma- 

 terials, chiefly dressed friable s.s. ; walls, 

 built from inside, plastered and sooted. 



Fireplace: Against E. wall 40" from SE. corner, 14" x 



22" N.-S. x 7" d. ; unrimmed. 



Wall Decoration : S. wall : carelessly incised in plaster, 2 hu- 



man hands ; W. side, 1 human foot and misc. 

 lines scratched in plaster. 



Ventilator: Unfinished stonework, 23" w. at floor, abuts 



plastered NE. corner ; shaft, ca. S" dia., faced 

 on inside, rose to Court level. 

 Adjoins 350 as possible subterranean cult 

 room S. end W. Court ; wall between, 14" th. 

 Masonry nondescript, built up from inside, 

 walls repeatedly plastered and sooted. 



Fireplace: Slab-lined, imrimmed, against E. wall 38" 



from SE. corner, 15" w. x 19" N.-S. x 3" d. 



Wall decoration : Painted on S. plaster, 37" from SW. corner, 



white rectangle with 7 serrations on upper 

 edge, tips 22" above floor. 



(Continued) 



