. Chapters in the prehistory of eastern Arizona. Indians of North America -- Arizona Antiquities; Arizona -- Antiquities. 32 PREHISTORY OF EASTERN ARIZONA, III 'w«*. Fig. 15. Room 27. Firepit in center; mealing bin east of firepit. Arrow (50 cm. long) points north; meter stick in background. deduce that function of rooms changed. This supposition is strengthened by fact that after firepit in room 48 was partially dismantled, the area was then covered by large slab and used as grinding bin or storage pit; 3. ceremonial (later stages of rooms 6, 29, and rooms under 22, 39, 41, and in northw
. Chapters in the prehistory of eastern Arizona. Indians of North America -- Arizona Antiquities; Arizona -- Antiquities. 32 PREHISTORY OF EASTERN ARIZONA, III 'w«*. Fig. 15. Room 27. Firepit in center; mealing bin east of firepit. Arrow (50 cm. long) points north; meter stick in background. deduce that function of rooms changed. This supposition is strengthened by fact that after firepit in room 48 was partially dismantled, the area was then covered by large slab and used as grinding bin or storage pit; 3. ceremonial (later stages of rooms 6, 29, and rooms under 22, 39, 41, and in northwest corner of plaza.) It should be added that evidence exists for supposing that roof tops were extensively utilized for common tasks, , grinding, weaving, paint- ing pots, whittling, maintenance, and repair of tools, and gossip. Nuclear or "core" units.—The order in which rooms were constructed was exceedingly difficult to determine with much certainty. The chief reason for this is that even the walls of primary rooms were rarely built with four bonded corners. We thought ourselves lucky if we found two adjoining walls bonded at point of contact. Abutments were the rule. Nevertheless, prolonged study has brought forth certain conclusions of which we feel fairly certain. The primary rooms were (Fig. 23): East wing: rooms 11, 12, 13 West wing: rooms 54, 55, 57. 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 Martin, Paul S. (Paul Sidney), 1899-1974; Longacre, William A. , 1937- joint author; Hill, James N. , 1934- joint author. Chicago: Field Museum Press
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