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resting on or built into tlie walls. Above these were 

 placed small poles much closer together and running 

 in the other direction and on them a layer of brush and 

 small sticks. A thick coating of clay was then appUed 

 and well packed down probably by tramping it with 

 the feet. This formed the roof or the floor of the story 

 above, as the case might be. 



Kiva at Spruce Tree Riiin. 

 (Photo, by Nussbaum.) 



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 

 openings in the upper portions of the walls were either 

 rectangular or T-shaped, and were raised a foot or two 

 above the room floor and served for both doors and 

 windows. They were evidently reached by ladders 



