FEWKES— RUINS IN FEWKES CANON 



of holes for the roof beams of the lower story or the floor of the second 

 story being seen in plate VI, b. 



There was probably a round inclosure in the eastern end of the 

 ledge of the upper building of Painted House, as indicated by fallen 

 masonry which suggests a circular kiva. On a ledge in the cliff below 

 the upper building of Painted House, about on the same level as the 

 roof of the court, there are walls of rooms, very much dilapidated. 



POTTERY 



All the specimens of decorated pottery found in Oak-tree House 

 belong to the archaic black-and-white and red types characteristic 

 of Mesa Verde cliff-dwellings. There were found corrugated, rough 

 ware cooking-pots; coiled vessels; indented ware; smooth ware, with 



Fig. 4. — Design on the vessel shown in plate vm, a. 



and without designs, colored black and white, and red. The best 

 examples of the black-and-white ware are illustrated in plate vm. 

 When decorated, this pottery bears geometrical designs characteristic 

 of pre-Pueblo pottery and the same as that from Spruce-tree House 

 and Cliff Palace. The collection contains several circular clay discs, 

 evidently covers for earthenware vessels. The accompanying figures 



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