. Chapters in the prehistory of Eastern Arizona. Indians of North America -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- Arizona. 44 PREHISTORY OF EASTERN ARIZONA, II. Fig. 21. Ramp entryway, Great Kiva, from west showing masonry wall of vertical slabs and lower path at left, and higher narrow path behind small masonry column at right. Meter stick in background. a diagonal between the pillar in the northeast quadrant and that in the southwest quadrant; (3) adjoining the pillar in the southwest quadrant. The first measured 29 cm. long, 24 cm. wide and 30 cm. deep. This had vertical sandstone slabs
. Chapters in the prehistory of Eastern Arizona. Indians of North America -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- Arizona. 44 PREHISTORY OF EASTERN ARIZONA, II. Fig. 21. Ramp entryway, Great Kiva, from west showing masonry wall of vertical slabs and lower path at left, and higher narrow path behind small masonry column at right. Meter stick in background. a diagonal between the pillar in the northeast quadrant and that in the southwest quadrant; (3) adjoining the pillar in the southwest quadrant. The first measured 29 cm. long, 24 cm. wide and 30 cm. deep. This had vertical sandstone slabs lining the north and south sides near the surface and thick horizontal slabs on the ends. The largest pit (2) also had a lining of vertical slabs on the north and south sides, but had masonry built up of small stones at the west end. If masonry were present in the east end, it had been torn out by the fall- ing-in of the large slab which had formed the north wall. The smallest pit was a small stone box of vertical slabs about 15 cm. square. The floors of all the pits were of the red-brown native clay. Their contents were a few sherds that apparently had washed in. Roof Supports (fig. 22).—Five masonry pillars were based on the native clay and fine gravelly sand into which the kiva was excavated. The hori- zontal masonry of which each was built started from 30 to 50 cm. below the floor level where it was braced by one or more vertical slabs placed in the excavation. Four of the pillars were arranged in a rectangle with one in each quadrant. These smaller pillars averaged 60 cm. long and 55 cm. wide. The highest of these when excavated was that in the north- west quadrant which stood 50 cm. above the floor. A single pillar about twice the size of these (100 cm. long, 70 cm. wide, 55 cm. present height), stood in line with the hearth and entrance at the west end of the kiva 235 cm. east of the bench. The masonry of these pillars was of a con- struction in which larger slabs oft
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