approximating tes=sr three stories. Neither the period of oc 
cupation nor the people concerned are ete: Phe site is said 
to have been deserted when first visited by the whites. Many less 
important ruins, mostly reduced to mere heaps of debris, are scat- 
tered about. Stone, the normal building material, was used in 
mioealities where it Geadilyf coulbe obtained. 
(CfLO 
Queme das 500 miles farther south in Zacatecas #e-esece=eer 
the ruins of Quemeda of which nothing is known as to period or 
people, and the relations of these oi es of other sec- 
tions are not well made out. The pueblo has been extensive and 
was evidently the centre of a flourishing community. Tts sit- 
uation resembles that of many of the pueblos of the north occupy- 
ing a somewhat precipitous but irregular mesa-like elevation from 
200 to 500 yards wide and half a mile long. It was inelosed 
where approach was easy by heavy walls of masonry. The-pliancor 
the Pueblo is irregular conforming to the topography of the site. 
The walls, terraces, enclosures, columns, temples and pyramids are 
substantially constructed of uncut flag-like stones laid in red- 
dish mortar tempered with straw. There are indications of plas- 
tering but no carving or other ornamental work, and no arches, 
doors or windows have been noted. 
