Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . <K Fig. no.—A long room in the Paragonah mound. These walls had beenexposed during previous excavations and were traced onlv with considerabledifficulty. io6 sMrmsoxiAX miscellaneous collections \OL. 66 heiL^iit was less than 5 feet. Excavations of many years ago hadleft two great gashes, one at each end of the mound, each partiallydisclosing a single long roonL Including these dwellings, whichwere reexcavated only with considerable dilificulty owing to thehardness of the clay which had accumulated over them, Mr. ju
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . <K Fig. no.—A long room in the Paragonah mound. These walls had beenexposed during previous excavations and were traced onlv with considerabledifficulty. io6 sMrmsoxiAX miscellaneous collections \OL. 66 heiL^iit was less than 5 feet. Excavations of many years ago hadleft two great gashes, one at each end of the mound, each partiallydisclosing a single long roonL Including these dwellings, whichwere reexcavated only with considerable dilificulty owing to thehardness of the clay which had accumulated over them, Mr. juddsuccessfully revealed and measured the walls of 14 rectangularhouses, II of which were entirely cleared of fallen wall materialand other deliris. In addition to these habitations less permanentstructures were disclosed in various parts of the mound, situatedbetween the ruins of larger houses and even above their razed temporar\- structures were Iniilt of logs leaned against cross-. FlG. III.—Interior of an ancient adube dwelling, shuwing remains of a wattledpartition after completion of the house. pieces supported by 4 ujjright posts surrounding a central fireplaceand were of the same general character as those discovered in 1915at Willard and Beaver City. They apparently represent the survivalof an earlier type of habitation, preserved in association with theadobe houses as mere shelters wherein were performed most of thedomestic activities of the community. The characteristic ancient dwelling of this region was rectangularin shape ; its vertical walls were constructed of superposed massesof plastic clay, forced into position and smoothed by the handsof the workmen. Lacking evidence to the contrary, it is believedthat roof openings formed the only means of entrance to thesehouses, a belief substantiated bv the verv nattire of the dwellings NO. 17 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 107 and l)y the presence of numerous stone disks, in and about themoun
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