El Palacio . Kahnta, one of the Zuni Worlcman of Hawikuh and one of the Dancers of the Sania Fe Fiesta, of 1 92 A House wilh lis ític Maicn- ry. Note the Dcorway íealed and parlly plastered. its máximum mside dimensions being 1 4ft. 2 in. by 21 ft. 5 by 6 ft. II from floor to beams. The were somewhat heavier than thoseof the houses, bemg about 15 to 20mches m thickness, extended above theroof leve! m the form of a low copingíhat rose also above the surrounding pla-za level, for dunng its occupancy the ki-va was subterranean, as Coronado notedwhen he wrot
El Palacio . Kahnta, one of the Zuni Worlcman of Hawikuh and one of the Dancers of the Sania Fe Fiesta, of 1 92 A House wilh lis ític Maicn- ry. Note the Dcorway íealed and parlly plastered. its máximum mside dimensions being 1 4ft. 2 in. by 21 ft. 5 by 6 ft. II from floor to beams. The were somewhat heavier than thoseof the houses, bemg about 15 to 20mches m thickness, extended above theroof leve! m the form of a low copingíhat rose also above the surrounding pla-za level, for dunng its occupancy the ki-va was subterranean, as Coronado notedwhen he wrote to the Viceroy Mendoza,August 3, I 540, that they have somevery good rooms under ground andpaved, which are made for winter, andare something like a sort of hot roof was found at a depth of lOf 9feet under the present surface of theplaza, and consisted of six beams laidfrom wall to wall and slightly beyond,over which smaller crossbeams had beenclosely placed, and the whole coveredwith bark, in some places grass, and largest of the main beams was I 7inches in diameter, the smallest (ag
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