PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Volume 7 MARCH 15, 1921 Number 3 
PEABODY MUSEUM ARIZONA EXPLORATION, 1920 
By A. V. Kidder and S. J. Guernsey 
Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass. 
Communicated by W. H. Holmes, January 11, 1921 
The season's field work allows us to delineate more clearly than has 
hitherto been possible the archaeological problems of the Kayenta dis- 
trict in northeastern Arizona. It seems best to give: first, a summary of 
our previous knowledge; second, an account of the new material brought 
to light; third, an outline of the present status of the investigation. 
1. Previous Knowledge of the Archaeology of the Region. — The earliest 
culture was that of the Basket-makers, a dolicocephalic people who did 
not practice skull deformation, did not build permanent dwellings, had 
no pottery, did not grow cotton or beans or domesticate the turkey. 
They cultivated corn of a single simple variety. Typical arts were: 
the weaving of excellent coiled baskets, square-toed sandals, twined bags, 
fur-string robes. They used the spear-thrower and dart instead of the 
bow and arrow. 
At a somewhat later period the country was inhabited by the Slab- 
house people (so named by the present authors). While their culture, 
known only from two or three badly preserved sites, was little understood, 
the following traits were recognized: the settlements were loose aggrega- 
tions of small, round or oval, semi-subterranean rooms, with foundations 
of upright slabs and stone and adobe superstructures. The pottery was 
of two sorts: a well decorated black-on-white painted ware, with charac- 
teristic designs; and a rudimentary coiled ware with a few heavy, broad 
corrugations about the necks of the jars. Nothing else was known, not 
even such important features as skull- type, burial customs, textiles, 
basketry, sandals and agricultural products. Stratigraphic finds, however, 
had made the chronological position of the culture clear; it was earlier 
than the Cliff-dweller-Pueblo and later than the Basket-maker. 
The third and latest group of remains was the Cliff-dweller-Pueblo. 
It was well known from the investigations of Cummings, Fewkes and the 
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