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the mountains. The fields which ])robably furnished the villagers 

 well-watered agricultural areas are situated in the valley below. 



The excavation showed that there had l)een two occupations on the 

 site. In several places the remains of earlier old walls show beneath 

 the present walls, indicating that the first and second buildings had 



I'Kj. 134. — Kiiiii at Llaiiu, Taus \allc\. 



lolally dilVcrenl ground plans. .\11 oi the walls (fig. 134) were made 

 of a mixture of wood a>h. small sl(jnc> ( about the size of pebbles ordi- 

 narily found in gravel), and adobe which when t'Xposcd to the air 

 bec(jmes very hard. The walls of the second occupation are not as 

 well made as tlw^se of the first, but the floors of both resemble those 

 of the older villages still inbabiti-<l, wbere ibe blmxl ot ;inim.d> was 

 used to give ibein temper and polisji. 



