Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . rth wall and the cast wall tureshurtenecl. The gruupextreme left are looking at skeleton in cemetery. (Photograph by Geo. Courtesy Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.) The only noticeable characters of the niotmd when work beganwere a saucer-like central depression, and an elevated rim, which ledDr. Fewkes to suspect a buried subterranean kiva surrounded by aseries of rooms above ground. The mound was covered by a densegrowth of vegetation. No walls were seen when this was removed,and much accumulated sand, earth, and stone had to be removedb
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . rth wall and the cast wall tureshurtenecl. The gruupextreme left are looking at skeleton in cemetery. (Photograph by Geo. Courtesy Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.) The only noticeable characters of the niotmd when work beganwere a saucer-like central depression, and an elevated rim, which ledDr. Fewkes to suspect a buried subterranean kiva surrounded by aseries of rooms above ground. The mound was covered by a densegrowth of vegetation. No walls were seen when this was removed,and much accumulated sand, earth, and stone had to be removedbefore any masonry was visible. Complete excavation revealed aremarkable building or pueblo (figs. 89. ()T ) ])resenting to arche-ologists several new problems for solution. The large depression turned out to indicate a central kiva (fig. 92)quite unlike that of any other on the Mesa \erde National room has no central fireplace : no ventilator or deflector to dis- 94 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. /4 :i fc ^--^^.ti.
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