. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . inhabited the pueblo had two,possibly thi-ee, stories. An iuclosure which may have been a ninthroom is so filled with fallen walls that the details of its constructionor size could not be determined. As none of the rooms have external lateral openings on a level withthe foundations, it is naturally supposed that all were entered bymeans of ladders and hatchways. Tlieie are a modern doorwaj andfireplace in one room, evidently of later construction than the walls. Perhaps the most problematic st
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . inhabited the pueblo had two,possibly thi-ee, stories. An iuclosure which may have been a ninthroom is so filled with fallen walls that the details of its constructionor size could not be determined. As none of the rooms have external lateral openings on a level withthe foundations, it is naturally supposed that all were entered bymeans of ladders and hatchways. Tlieie are a modern doorwaj andfireplace in one room, evidently of later construction than the walls. Perhaps the most problematic structures in this ruin are the smallcysts in the canyon walls east of the entrance. A thin layer ofsofter rock has so weathered as to leave a horizontal crevice which atintervals is divided by stones set on edge into receptacles a foot orso deep. Thej- were formerly closed by flat slabs of stone, only twoof which now remain in jjlace. These cysts were nicely iilastered,and the slabs which closed them were luted in place with was found in them to indicate their use, whether as burial. ??*\,s places for the dead or as bins for the storage of corn. Their numberwas considerable, but they were so small that their capacity couldscarcely have been more than a few bushels. This is the only ruin inwhich such inclosures were found, and no theory is advanced as totheir former use. RUIN K Ruin K, which evidently formerly contained several rooms, isdivided into two sections and is situated on a high lava mesa difficult ofapproach. The walls of the larger section inclose three well-preservedrooms, and still vise to a height of about 8 feet. Five feet above thebase the red sandstone blocks of which the walls are built arereplaced by a course of stone of lighter color, which forms a horizon-tal band around the ruin. The second section consists of a low,rough wall built along the edge of the cliff, inclosing a level space in 46 TWO SUMMERS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS front of the first se
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