. Bulletin. Ethnology. 46 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 00 When the latter was removed it proved to be a metate. It is the one shown standing against the wall in the photograph of the kiva. (PL 10.) The other opening had not been closed in any such fashion, Init it had been filled with debris which collected after the destruction of the kiva. For the benefit of the general reader who may not be thoroughly versed in the terminology and various features associated with southwestern kivas it may be said that the so-called ventilator was just what its name implies. When a fire was burning in
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 46 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 00 When the latter was removed it proved to be a metate. It is the one shown standing against the wall in the photograph of the kiva. (PL 10.) The other opening had not been closed in any such fashion, Init it had been filled with debris which collected after the destruction of the kiva. For the benefit of the general reader who may not be thoroughly versed in the terminology and various features associated with southwestern kivas it may be said that the so-called ventilator was just what its name implies. When a fire was burning in the pit the heat rising from it and passing olf through the smoke hole at the. FiGDEE 10.—Detail of ventilator constructiou top would have a tendency to draw fresh, cold air down through the ventilator and into the room. Evidence in the ruins of the Southwest suggests that the feature was not originally designed for such a purpose, but that it represents a survival of the entrance found in older houses. In the beginning it was probably retained for cere- monial reasons but toward the end seems to have had only a prac- tical significance. The wall which closed the inner end of the tunnel had an average thickness of 9 inches ( cm.) at its base, but it became quite thin near the top. The sticks used to reinforce it averaged 1 inch ( cm.) in diameter and were set at an average distance of G inches ( cm.) apart. The vent openings were 1 foot ( cm.) high. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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