THE ANCIENT PEOPLES, 29 
and there indicate that the women did that part of the 
work at least. 
Ceilings. The ceilings and roofs of the rooms were 
made by placing round logs crosswise with their ends 
resting on or built into the walls. Above these were 
placed small poles much closer together and running 
in the other direction and on them a layer of brush and 
Roof. Spruce Tree Ruin. 
(Photo by Nusbaum.) 
small sticks. A thick coating of wet clay was then 
applied and well packed down, probably by tramping it 
with the feet. This formed the ceiling and the roof or 
the ceiling and the floor of the story above, as the case 
might be. 
Doors. The walls of the lower stories were usually 
without openings except small ones to admit light and 
air and through which one might look out. The larger 
