Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Colorado, looking- northeast. At the close of the work on the Sun Temple, above mentioned,the rooms of Oak-tree House were cleaned out, and the walls repairedand put in condition for permanent preservation. Ladders wereplaced in position to afford descent from the rim of the mesa to apathway made on the talus on which it stands. This descent is asomewhat difficult task, but once accomplished it offers beautifulviews of Cliff Palace and other ruins down Soda Canyon, as far asMancos River. Perhaps the most unusual ceremo
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Colorado, looking- northeast. At the close of the work on the Sun Temple, above mentioned,the rooms of Oak-tree House were cleaned out, and the walls repairedand put in condition for permanent preservation. Ladders wereplaced in position to afford descent from the rim of the mesa to apathway made on the talus on which it stands. This descent is asomewhat difficult task, but once accomplished it offers beautifulviews of Cliff Palace and other ruins down Soda Canyon, as far asMancos River. Perhaps the most unusual ceremonial room of Oak-tree House () is a kiva shaped like the letter D, in which there is a rectangularchamber between the firehole and the south wall. This chamber com-municates with the outside by means of a vertical flue and opensinto the main room by two passageways in a wall, corresponding tothe deflector of other kivas. Another exceptional feature of Oak-tree House is the presence in the rear of the cave of a circular room, NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I915 93. fe (X, u H > 94 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66
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