. Bulletin. Ethnology. 92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 82 between this young colony and the older settlements to the west con- tinued over the canyon road—it is still visible in many places—for some years after the founding of Kanab.^ Quite naturally the more accessible caves of the canyon were utilized by these pioneers for camping piu"poses. But it is the archeology of the region and not its later history with which we are concerned. Cave 1 (Riggs Cave) is approximately 150 feet ( m.) long and 40 feet ( m.) deep. It lies about 200 yards ( m.) below the Riggs ranch h
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 82 between this young colony and the older settlements to the west con- tinued over the canyon road—it is still visible in many places—for some years after the founding of Kanab.^ Quite naturally the more accessible caves of the canyon were utilized by these pioneers for camping piu"poses. But it is the archeology of the region and not its later history with which we are concerned. Cave 1 (Riggs Cave) is approximately 150 feet ( m.) long and 40 feet ( m.) deep. It lies about 200 yards ( m.) below the Riggs ranch house, in the upper, well-watered, and peren- nially green portion of the canyon. Since our hurried inspection of 1915 a certain amount of pot hunting had occurred here. Both the dry refuse overturned by the curious ones and the several arti- facts claimed from them by Mr. Riggs suggested the desirability of immediate examination of such archeologic evidence as Fig. 25.—Plan of Cave 1, Cottonwood Canyon Characteristic Basket Maker paintings had been noted during our earlier visit; stone slabs observed at that time protruding through the sand accumulations—cists subsequently exposed—were also rec- ognized as typical of pre-Cliff-dweller occupancy. But the most prominent structure in the cave was a circular room whose adobe walls stood 10 feet ( m.) in diameter and 5 feet 10 inches ( m.) in height. In its relationship to the neighboring cists and in its own peculiar interest this room merits brief description. Room 1 was a composite and apparently reconditioned structure (pi. 14, a). The base of its inner wall was formed by upright sand- stone slabs, whose interstices were filled and plastered over with adobe mud. Several of these slabs stood more than 2 feet in height; in one place a break in the wall showed two additional contiguous stones as an outer support or backing for that one facing the room. 1 The foregoing information was volunteered by Mr. B
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