. Bulletin. Ethnology. fire pit to the edge of the sipapu. The latter had a diameter of 5 inches ( cm.) and a depth of 9 inches ( cm.). The Kat- cina niche was 1 foot 9i/^ inches ( cm.) above the floor. The niche was 10 inches ( cm.) wide, 81/2 inches ( cm.) high, and 91/2 inches ( cm.) deep. KIVA 3 Kiva 3 had a pit with a pronounced D-shape. As a matter of fact the subterranean portion of this structure closely approached the rectangular form. The east, west, and south sides were compara- tively straight and met in definite corners. The north wall was curved but no
. Bulletin. Ethnology. fire pit to the edge of the sipapu. The latter had a diameter of 5 inches ( cm.) and a depth of 9 inches ( cm.). The Kat- cina niche was 1 foot 9i/^ inches ( cm.) above the floor. The niche was 10 inches ( cm.) wide, 81/2 inches ( cm.) high, and 91/2 inches ( cm.) deep. KIVA 3 Kiva 3 had a pit with a pronounced D-shape. As a matter of fact the subterranean portion of this structure closely approached the rectangular form. The east, west, and south sides were compara- tively straight and met in definite corners. The north wall was curved but not in as marked a degree as in the other ceremonial chambers. It is easy to see from this example how the rectangular kivas of later periods could have developed through the flattening of the sides of curved rooms. The interior fea- tures of kiva 3 were few and simple. It had a recess at the south side, a ventilator, deflector, a stone between the de- flector and fire pit, fire pit, sipapu, and Katcina niche. (Fig. 13.) The onlv Qtnnp ncorl in +Vn'o Figcee 13.—Kiva No. 3. o, Sipapu; ft, fire pit; c, uiLiy bLOiie Lisea m tniS deflector; a, ventilator recess; e, ventilator; f. Structure was at the re- ^""^""^ ^^''^^'' ^' '^^*"°^ ^^"""^ cess-ventilator side of the room. Throughout the remainder of the chamber the adobe plaster had been applied to the native earth walls of the pit. The recess and ventilator in kiva 3 were dug, as they had been in kiva 1, and then completed by filling in with stone masonry and adobe plaster. The only stone in the walls of the recess occurred where one side of the flue of the ventilator was closed with that material. The floor, however, had a flagging of large slabs. The horizontal passage of the ventilator had considerable stonework along its sides. The east wall of the tunnel was largely masonry, although from the front corner to halfway back in the passage the bottoms of the stones were 10 inches ( cm.
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