FEWKES— RUINS IN FEWKES CANON 



•which may have been a room, was the cliff wall; the opposite side or 

 front wall has fallen and was possibly a low wall. The rear of the 

 room or court formed by the back of the cave has a banquette a few 

 feet high and wide, the surface of which is painted white and red. 

 The lower part of the latter color resembles a dado with triangular 

 figures at intervals, the triangles being bordered with rows of dots, a 

 form of decoration still used in modern Hopi rooms. The rooms at 

 the extremities of this court are two or more stories high and have 

 massive walls, the tops of which are partly mutilated. From their 

 relative position these may be known as the eastern and western 

 rooms. There is no decisive evidence that the court was roofed, but 

 the terminal building exhibits holes for rafters. 



Fig. 2. — Paintings of animals and men in the western room of Painted House. 



The western wall of the eastern room facing the court is partially 

 broken at one end, but the rear wall on the cave side is intact. Be- 

 tween this part of the wall and the other end, the masonry terminates, 

 evidently to provide a passage from the roof of the court to that of 

 the second story of the western room. Remains of white plastering 

 (pi. v, a) are found on the inner wall of this room, which corresponds 

 with the northern wall of the court. 



The rooms at the western end of the court are somewhat larger 

 than those at the eastern end, and are better preserved. The lower- 

 story wall of one of the western rooms is ornamented with figures 

 (fig. 2) painted red on white plastering. Other figures (pi. vil) are con- 



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