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The general plan of the ruin recalls those of southwestern Colo- 

 rado. The kiva at Llano (fig. 135) was completely surrounded with 

 rooms and when the roof was intact its surface was a small plaza 

 surrounded by the buildings of the main group. An evidence of the 

 two occupations is that the more recent kiva was built inside the older, 

 and the space between their walls had been filled in with rubbish. No 

 roof timbers remained in the ruin, but there were in the kiva four 

 upright posts upon which the former roof rested. In al)out the center 

 of the kiva there was an excellent fireplace, and in the floor directly 



Fig. 135. — Kiva at Llano, Taos Valley. 



adjoining the fireplace a plastered pit (fig. 135), an unusual adjunct 

 to the fireplace, the purpose of which is unknown. Between the fire- 

 place and the pit is a stone slab, one foot high and about nine inches 

 wide. The excavations brought to light a very small number of the 

 undecorated sherds of white ware ; the black-and-white pottery is 

 unusually hard and fine, ])ut the black or rather brownish-black ware 

 used for cooking and storage is very soft. The forms of and designs 

 on the black-and-white pottery strongly suggest the San Juan ware. 



During the month of Alay, 1920, Air. Jeancon made a satisfactory 

 reconnoissance in the country lying south and southwest of Duke, 



