Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . excava-tion and repair of l-ar \iew Tower. This building (fig. 103) issituated north of Far View Flouse, al)out midway between it and Mummy Lake, and when work began on it no walls were visible :the site was covered with sage bushes, and fallen stones strewn overthe surface had raised a mound a few feet high, which is now a finecircular tower surrounded by low walled basal rooms. Three kivaswere revealed on the south side where formerly no evidences of theirexistence appeared. Two of these (figs. 104, 105) were completelyexcavated and a third showed evid
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . excava-tion and repair of l-ar \iew Tower. This building (fig. 103) issituated north of Far View Flouse, al)out midway between it and Mummy Lake, and when work began on it no walls were visible :the site was covered with sage bushes, and fallen stones strewn overthe surface had raised a mound a few feet high, which is now a finecircular tower surrounded by low walled basal rooms. Three kivaswere revealed on the south side where formerly no evidences of theirexistence appeared. Two of these (figs. 104, 105) were completelyexcavated and a third showed evidences of a secondary this kiva had been used for a time, no one knows how long, itwas filled with debris and fallen stones on which new walls were builtby subsequent occupants. The masonry of the rooms they built ismuch inferior to that of their predecessors, the original builders ofthe kivas, and probablv contem]ioraneous with the low walls east andnorth of the tower. [o6 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 74. Fig. 102.— Ki\a of ()ne Clan lluusc, from tlie north. Showing two pilas-ters, ledge on han(|iRtte for ahar, conical corn fetish, sipapu and mortar.(Photograpli 1)\ (•vo. ].. Ream. Courtesy Denver and Rio Grande WesternRailroad.) NO. 5 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I922 107
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