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hard, as if made so by the tramp of many feet; its walls are massive, 

 with smooth surfaces. A walled-up doorway, recalling a similar 

 feature in the west room of the main building, occurs in the wall 

 separating this room from the most northern of the six ceremonial 

 rooms. 



In the surface of the west wall of this room, at the level of the 

 floor, there is a deep erosion of the wall, shown in plate xxix, due 

 to former weathering. The south wall of this enclosure was evi- 

 dently built since the erosion took place, for its end is so constructed 

 that it extends into the eroded region, following the imperfection in 

 the surface without being itself weathered at that level. 



The five rooms, G-K, forming the west building are large and 

 have massive walls. No evidences of roofs occur, and lateral door- 

 ways are absent except in the east side of I. K shows evidence of 

 an east wall, and the narrow enclosure H is more of a court than 

 a room. A pile of wooden hoes or planting sticks (plate xxxix, g) 

 was found on the floor of room I. 



9. Northwest Room 



The dimensions of the room occupying the northwest angle of 

 Compound A appear in the accompanying plan (plate xxxiv, b). 

 This room is single-storied, with free walls on two sides, the other 

 sides being the walls of the compound. An entrance into the com- 

 pound on the north side is situated near this corner room. 



The excavations revealed many ceremonial objects on the floor, 

 which would appear to indicate that the room was used for other 

 than secular purposes. Household utensils, as grinding-stones, 

 which would be expected in a living chamber, were absent. No soot 

 or other evidences of a fire were observed on the walls, and there 

 were no charred logs or rafters. 



10. Rooms near East Wall 



South of the plaza which lies to the eastward of the two-storied 

 building known as Font's room, are situated the remains of some 

 massive walls which formed a large square enclosure separated from 

 the east wall only by a narrow passage. 1 



1 The old stage road from Florence to Casa Grande took advantage of a 

 low place in the east wall for its entrance to the compound. The author sus- 

 pected the presence of a doorway at this point, but did not find it. The east 

 wall was unbroken by any openings. 



