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52 INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 
were found at Pueblo Bonito but it is more than likely 
they were brought from Mexico in trade. Some re- 
markable pieces of pottery with a textile backing and 
examples of cloisonné work are believed to have 
reached Pueblo Bonito in the same manner. 
DISPOSAL OF DEAD. 
The dead were variously disposed of. In the north- 
west along Grand Gulch and Cottonwood Creek they 
were buried in caves and under the floors of houses. 
Mummy Wrapped in a Cotton Robe. Grand Gulch, Utah. 
In the Pajarito Plateau, the bodies of children were 
sometimes placed in a house wall and enclosed with 
masonry but adults were buried in_ cemeteries. 
Burial under the floors was practised in Galisteo Basin : 
and on the upper Gila, but lower on that stream 
cremation and urn burial of the ashes was the custom 
followed. 
