NO. 6 



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In one of the grinding l)ins there was excavated a hundle of grass. 

 Koclcria cristata. of exactly the same form as tlie l)rushes witli wliich 

 Hopi maidens sweep their nictates after grinding meal: (me more 

 resemhlance hetween cliff dweller and Hopi customs. 



In his classic on the " Cliff' Dwellers of the ]\lesa \'erde," 15aron G. 

 Xordenskiold tigured and described a nameless ruin designated a 

 tower ( hg. 104). situated in the cedars about a mile mirth of Sjiruce 

 Tree House. To this ruin the author has given the name Cedar Tree 



Fi(.. 107.- -Section (jf tluor ul' Ccilar Tree Tower, sliowiiig 

 ceremonial opening. Photograph )»_v J. .\. Jeancon. 



rctwer, on account ol an ancienl cedar tree (tig. 1051 hangnig (i\cr 

 the top of the noi-ih wall, .\ordc■n>^l^i(lld clo-c- his brici iK'^-criptidU 

 with the remark. "' I'crhaps it should be ri'garded a religious building." 

 The desirability of testing this surmise of the talented .""^wi'de led 

 the author, in .\ugust. |i;_'<). lo e.\(a\ate tiiis lnwc'r anil the art-a almut 

 its base, wliicli led to the discoverv that althougli it appeared t<» stand 

 alone there were two subterranean ro<ims coniuxted with its base 

 situated on the west and MMith ^ide^. The larger ni tbesi- riMinis 



(fig. lo'i) had all the structural features of a typical kiva of a .Mesa 

 \'erde cliff dwelling. This subterranean structure, its floor excavated 



