. Bulletin. Ethnology. 88 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY this beam to the front of the cist was half covered with small sticks placed with one end resting on the wall, the other on the beam and at right angles to it. This arrangement left a small open space, probably an entrance or hatchway, near the upright crotched log. For this reason perhaps the crotch was introduced as an extra strengthener. The exact dimensions of the hatchway could not be determined, as the adobe portion of the roof was much crumbled. The roof beams were covered with sticks, wdiich in turn were cov- ered with cedar bark,
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 88 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY this beam to the front of the cist was half covered with small sticks placed with one end resting on the wall, the other on the beam and at right angles to it. This arrangement left a small open space, probably an entrance or hatchway, near the upright crotched log. For this reason perhaps the crotch was introduced as an extra strengthener. The exact dimensions of the hatchway could not be determined, as the adobe portion of the roof was much crumbled. The roof beams were covered with sticks, wdiich in turn were cov- ered with cedar bark, small stones, and a layer of adobe. The in- terior Avas completely filled with clean sand containing no trace of rubbish. The inside dimensions were as follows: diameter at top, 5 feet; at bottom, 4 feet 6 inches; depth from underside of roof beams, 3 feet 6 inches. The roof was 2 feet 6 inches below the pres- ent surface. The largest slab used was 4 feet long, 2 feet 4 inches wide, and 4 inches thick; the average slab was somewhat less in width, but of about the same length. A layer of oak leaves was found some 5 feet below the surface in this part of the cave; below it there was no rubbish, and above it several inches of clean sand. Cist 14, between Cist 12 and the west wall, was built with unusual care of large, thin, ap- parently selected slabs (pi. 31, 5, upper part of picture). The joints were carefully closed and smoothed over with adobe, and the junction of the floor and sides was neatly rounded with the same material. The top was finished with a rounded rim of adobe in which had been set several round, smooth sticks 2 to 3 inches in diameter by 12 to 18 inches long. The re^* mains of a roof of small sticks covered with adobe lay in the bottom; under these was found a square-toed sandal. Nine inches below the bottom of this cist appeared the hard-trodden rubbish of a floor, and still deeper the stratum of oak leaves previously noted. The great care shown in the construc
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