. Bulletin. Ethnology. KIDDER-GUERNSEY] ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN ARIZONA 27 of the Southwest to select elevated sites for their shrines is well known, and a low circular wall seems to have been a favorite type of .-hrine enclosure. No trace of offerings could be found, but these might well have been perishable objects, such as feathers, sticks, or carved wooden images. Sayodneechee Bt rial Cave On the same side of the canyon as the " watchtower " and nearly opposite Euin 2, there is a deep, narrow cave (see fig. 1). It lies at the foot of a high cliff at the level of the valley
. Bulletin. Ethnology. KIDDER-GUERNSEY] ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN ARIZONA 27 of the Southwest to select elevated sites for their shrines is well known, and a low circular wall seems to have been a favorite type of .-hrine enclosure. No trace of offerings could be found, but these might well have been perishable objects, such as feathers, sticks, or carved wooden images. Sayodneechee Bt rial Cave On the same side of the canyon as the " watchtower " and nearly opposite Euin 2, there is a deep, narrow cave (see fig. 1). It lies at the foot of a high cliff at the level of the valley bottom and its mouth is almost hidden from view by a large dune of blown sand. No evi-. ^ - ASHC B -TOTT C -DisT. D -BuRi E -Sh« lCist Pig. S.—Section of cave, Sayodneechee. dence of occupancy appeared on the surface, but the roof was much smoked and a fragment of a burnt human jaw was picked up by one of the party at the rear of the cave; these signs led us to excavate. The cave had evidently been used for a long time by the Navaho for a sheep corral, as the surface is covered with a closely compacted layer of dung, 3 to 4 inches thick (fig. 8). Below this lies a stratum, 1 foot to 18 inches thick, of disturbed soft, red, sandy earth (probably sloughage from the cave roof) mixed with charcoal, decayed organic material, a^ few corncobs and animal bones, and a very few coiled and gray potsherds. Below this is the hardpan extending to an undetermined depth and composed of red earth so homogeneous and compact that it could be shoveled only with 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 Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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