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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 'J2 



Fig. 112. — Central portion of Pueblo Bonito, from the south, showing the 

 north cliffs of Chaco Canyon towering above the ruin. Some of the rooms 

 were so large that the initial work of excavation could be done directly with 

 teams. (Photograph by O. C Havens. Courtesy of the National Geographic 

 Society.) 





Fig. ii,^.— An excavated kiva in Pueblo Bonito, showing the low encircling 

 bench and, above this, the roofing timbers which overlap above the pilasters. 

 At the left will be seen the decayed fragments of upright hewn i)lanks which 

 stood between the dome-shaped roof and the circular wall of the chamber. 

 (Photograph bv O. C. Havens. Courtesy of the National Geograpliic Society.) 



