. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMEEICAiSr ETHNOLOGY 3 to 4 feet high, nor were the}' ever, apparently, much higher; at the north end they are much broken down. There were no doors in the series of rough-walled rooms. These doorless inclosures were seem- ingh' never roofed over, and were probably outdoor living rooms, used in preference to the open cave space in order to have a level floor and to afford protection from the wind. The two bits of wall on the upper level at the rear were attempts at terracing abandoned before completion. Behind the southern one there is an empty metate bin of
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMEEICAiSr ETHNOLOGY 3 to 4 feet high, nor were the}' ever, apparently, much higher; at the north end they are much broken down. There were no doors in the series of rough-walled rooms. These doorless inclosures were seem- ingh' never roofed over, and were probably outdoor living rooms, used in preference to the open cave space in order to have a level floor and to afford protection from the wind. The two bits of wall on the upper level at the rear were attempts at terracing abandoned before completion. Behind the southern one there is an empty metate bin of stone slabs. The only features of architectural interest are furnished by the more carefully built tier of four rooms. The first three of these are large enough for habitation; the fourth, a little closetlike cham- ber, was used presumably for storage purposes. Each of the first. Pig. 11.—Plan of Ruin 3. three has two doorways opening upon the narrow passageway be- tween the rooms and the rock ledge behind; in room 1 and room 3 one of the two doors is sealed up Avith masonry; in room 2 both are open. The purpose of so many entrances is rather puzzling, but may perhaps be explained by the presence in room 2 of traces of an adobe wall which once divided it into two small square apartments. This wall had evidently been removed before the house was aban- doned, but both doors were left open. In the other two rooms there were probably also such partitions cutting the chamDers in two and necessitating double entrances; when the partitions were taken out one of the useless apertures was closed. The doorways them- selves are in excellent preservation, differing from each other only in very minor details of , and ^re typical of the doors. 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 Inst
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