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ewn opening or doorway^ consists of one or more chambers, 
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below the level of the threshold, and both floors and walls 
are sometimes plastered; and in oases an ornamental dado in 
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one or more colors is earried^round^thi)rooms. ^ru&e fire-' 
places occur near the entrance, sometimes provided with smohe 
vents? and numerous niches, alcoves, and storage places are 
excavated at convenient points. In front of the excavated 
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rooms porches were built of poles, brush, and stones, the 
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cliff wall furnishing the posterior support for roof; and floor 
beams. This, class of dwellings ie' most numerous on 
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lie eastern side of the Jemez plateau, where almost every 
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northern escarpment of the mesas between the mountains and 
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the R 4 e Grand e ar - e -1 iteral ly honeycombed with them (Mindeleff, 
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Hewfttt^) . They are also numerous a long, tire- northern triput gaw- 
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ies the San Juan in Hew Mexico^ Colorado/ and Utah (Holmes) 
and in the valley of the Rio Verde in Arizona (Mindeleff). 
