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C. APPENDIX C
TABLE OF ROOM FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
By HENRY B. ROBERTS
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1 | Doorway: | Door broken through N. wall 4′ 2″ from NE. corner 5″ above floor, 20″ w. x 36″ h. x 33″ across sill. |
Fireplace: | Stone lined, 11″ w. x 17″ E.-W. x 8″ d., 3′3″ from N. door and 3′ 2″ from W. wall. Two thin, slightly worn metates on edge form fire screen, 16″ h. x 27″ l., 8″ S. of fireplace; E. edge of first slab is on a line with the E. end of fireplace. Small irregular hole had been broken through S. wall back of screen as ventilator. |
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2 | Hatchway: | Entrance was through a hatchway the exact position of which is unknown. |
Ceiling: | Single N.-S. beam; 5 secondary E.-W. beams and smaller poles. |
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2 B | Doorway: | In E. wall, south jamb 3′ 4″ from NE. corner. |
3 | Hatchway: | In SW. corner, probably 16″ w. |
Ceiling: | Single N.-S. beam supported E.-W. lesser beams and poles. Ends of lesser beams rested on log embedded longitudinally in W. wall. |
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Fireplace: | In NW. corner, 5½″ from N. wall and 6″ from W., 13″ w. x 20″ N.-S. x 14″ d.; basin lined with small stone slabs, S. end rounded and plastered. |
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Ventilator: | In S. wall flush with W., 6½″ w. x 19″ h., sill 6″ above floor; connects with outside shaft, 13″ l. x 6″ w. x 15″ d., covered with inverted metate, 22″ l. x 18″ w. x 4″ th., through which an oval opening 7½″ x 12″ had been cut. |
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Screen: | Stone slab 21″ N. of ventilator, 18″ E.-W. x 25″ h.; E. end supported on S. side by two upright stones embedded in floor, on N. side by discarded metate; total length of screen 24″ E.-W. |
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4 | Doorways: | (a) E. door, 17″ w. x 23″ h. x 14″ across sill, 9″ from SE. corner, and 20″ above floor was |
provided with secondary jambs for doorslab from Room 5 and rounded adobe step 5″ w. x 20″ N.-S.; (b) S. door, 19″ w. x 24″ h., 14″ from SE. corner and 14″ above floor. |
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Wall niche: | In N. wall, 6″ from NW. corner, 3′ 3″ above floor, 22″ w. x 13″ h. x 14½″ d., plastered. |
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Ceiling: | Single N.-S. beam socketed in N. wall; S. end supported by 3″-dia. post 11″ from S. wall and 3′ 9″ from W. |
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5 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door, 22″ w. x 10½″ across sill, 4′ 2″ from NE. corner and 29″ above floor; (b) W. door (see E. door, Room 4). |
Wall niche: | In E. wall, 10″ from NE. corner, 3′ 4½″ above floor, 3½ ″ w. x 4″ h. x 5″ d., plastered. |
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Blocked beam hole: | N. wall, 3′ 10″ from NE. corner, 4′ 7″ above floor, 11″ dia. |
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Mealing bin: | Abutting S. wall 18″ from SW. corner, slab sides embedded in floor. Bin contained an ungrooved metate 8″ w. x 19″ l., set in clay with its E. end 2″ below floor level and its W. end 5½″ above. Accompanying mano 4″ w. x 7″ l. x 1½″ th. |
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Fireplace: | Fan-shaped in E. end of room, 26″ N.-S. x 18″ x 10″ d., slab sides, clay floor. |
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6 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked S. door, 9″ from SW. corner, 16″ above floor, 15″ w., jambs 17″ h. to top of broken wall; (b) blocked W. door, 3′ 10″ from NW. corner, 28″ above floor, 23″ w. x 14½″ h. to top of broken wall. |
Blocked beam hole: | N. wall, 4′ 8″ above floor and 34″ from NW. corner. |
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Fireplace: | In NE. corner, 17″ w. x 22″ l. x 7″ d., abutting N. wall 4″ from E., sides of masonry and slabs on end. |
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Floor basins: | (a) S. side of fireplace forms N. side of semicircular basin, 9″ w. x 14″ E.-W. x 3″ d., clay lined and slab floored; (b) semicircular basin 13″ w. x 17″ E.-W. x 2″ d., lies 28″ from E. wall and 26″ from N., flattened side to S. |
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8 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door, 21″ w. x 32″ h., 6″ from NE. corner, sill height 20″. Above this blocked door is an open one, sill 5′ 1½″ from floor, that probably opened from Room 10 to roof of 7. |
Fireplaces: | (a) Clay-lined, 9″ from W. wall and 4′ 4″ from N., 20″ dia. x 8″ d.; (b) abutting W. wall 21″ from S., 14″ x 18″ N.-S. x 6″ d. |
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Ceiling: | Single beam socket, N. wall, about 11″ dia. | |
Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 6″ from NE. corner, 14½″ above floor, 28″ w. x 3′ 8″ h. x 29″ across sill; 8 lintel poles; single, secondary lintel 4″ below is recessed 5″; (b) E. door, 18″ from NE. corner and 32″ above floor, 18″ w. x 36″ h. x 32″ across sill. |
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Ventilator: | W. wall abutting N., 6′ above floor, 11″ w. x 12″ h. x 35″ across sill. |
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Ceiling: | Intact except for hole broken through SW. corner. Four N.-S. beams support 6 pairs of E.-W. poles, split cedar above. |
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8 B-I | Doorways: | (a) N. wall flush with W. 31″ above floor, 25″ w. x 38″ h., blocked, leaving plastered recess 15″ d.; (b) E. door T-shaped, upper portion 29″ from NE. corner, 26″ w. x 31″ h. with secondary jambs 3½″ w. on N. and 5½″ w. on S.; lower part, 20″ above floor, 17″ w. x 13″ h., blocked to leave recess 12″ d.; (c) in S. wall, 25″ from SE. corner and 7″ above floor, 20″ w. x 32″ h. x 26″ across sill; (d) second S. door, 13″ from W. wall 19″ w., with broken sill 13″ above floor. |
Fireplace: | Against S. wall 12″ from SE. corner, 14″ N.-S. x 24″ x 1½″ d., rimmed with adobe; at its NE. and NW. corners shallow basins, 5″ dia., as pot rests. |
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Floor basin: | Against N. wall 37″ from NE. corner slabfloored, adobe-rimmed basin, 10″ w. x 20″ l. x 1½″ d. |
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Ceiling: | Fragments of roofing clay 5″ th. show imprints of split cedar shakes. |
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8 B-II | Doorway: | Possible E. door flush with S. wall. |
9 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall, 11′ 5″ from NW. corner, 25″ above floor, 20″ w. x 29″ h., 26″ across sill; (b) W. wall, 20″ from NW. corner, 23″ above floor (see E. door Room 8); (c) S. wall, 5′ 7″ from SW. corner, 18″ above floor, 17″ w. x 33″ h. x 33″ across sill (see N. door, Room 1). |
Ceiling: | 15½′ at W. end intact. Paired N.-S. beams 8″ dia., pairs average 4′ 1″ apart; on beams. |
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paired E.-W. poles averaging 3″ dia. x 7′ long, pairs 6″ apart and butt to tip. Above poles, a layer of split cedar extending N.-S., tenoned into side walls and secured by long cedar splints laid at intervals directly above the E.-W. poles and bound to them by yucca strips; next, a layer of juniper bark and then 5″ of adobe mud as flooring for secondstory room. |
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Fireplace: | 24′ 3″ from E. wall and 3′ from N., 11″ w. x 18″ E.-W. x 2″ d., clay lined. |
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9 B-I | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door, 6′ 10″ from NE. corner, 25″ w. x 3′ 3″ h.; (b) S. door, 10′ from SW. corner, measurements not determinable. |
Ventilator: | S. wall 8″ from SE. corner, 5′ 3″ above floor offset, 11″ w. x 10½″ h. x 26″ across sill. |
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Wall supports: | E. and W. walls stand on paired logs built into N. and S. walls at floor level. |
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9 B-II | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 7′ 5″ from NE. corner, 23″ w. x 26″ across sill; (b) S. door 8′ 4″ from SE. corner 19″ w. |
Wall supports: | E. and W. walls supported as in 9B-I. | |
9 B-III | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 7″ from NE. corner, 31″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 2″ h. x 27″ across sill, 8 lintel poles; 2″ below main lintels, recessed 4½″ to support door slab; (b) in W. wall T-shaped door, upper part 26″ from NW. corner (see E. door Room 8 B-I); (c) in S. wall T-shaped door 6′ 5″ from SE. corner, upper part 29″ w. x 27″ h. to broken top; lower part 20″ w. x 32″ h., sill at floor. Lower 18″ blocked forming new sill and concealing 3″ offset in W. jamb 8″ above original sill. Below rebuilt door, an adobe step 8″ w. x 24″ E.-W. x 3″ h. |
Fireplace: | Semicircular, against S. wall 25″ from SW. corner; inside measurements 17″ x 16″; raised adobe rim 6″ w. x 5″ h. |
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Floor basins: | Against N. wall 3′ 1″ from NW. corner, 10″ w. x 33″ N.-S. divided by 2″-w. clay partition; N. part 9″ w. x 17″ l. x 2″ d., has stone disk 7″ dia. embedded in its floor; S. basin, 11″ w. x 12″ l. x 3″ d., floored with stone slab 7″ w. x 9″ l. Part of an adobe rim 5″ w. x 4″ h. remains at SE. quarter. |
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Floor repairs: | Extending 5′ 10″ from E. wall a second layer of adobe 4″ thick levels sunken area in floor. |
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10 | Doorways: | (a) In E. wall 11″ from SE. corner and 24″ above floor, 15″ w. x 19″ h. x 14″ across sill; (b) door through S. wall 7′ 4″ from SE. corner and 17″ above floor, 20″ w. at bottom, 18½″ w. at top x 25″ h., blocked from Room 7 to leave 24″-deep recess in Room 10. Apparent steps: 18″ above sill and recessed 5″ from wall face, a small pole crosses the opening; a second pole parallels the first 3″ higher and 10″ from wall face. Main lintels 25″ above sill with first one recessed 20″; 7″ of masonry upon lintels. Directly above this blocked door is another (c), its W. jamb being a continuation of that below. This upper door, recessed 13″, is 22″ w. x 37″ h. x 17″ across sill; latter is 35″ above that of lower blocked door or 4′ 4″ above floor of room. |
Fireplace: | 23½″ from N. wall and 5′ 4½″ from E., 15″ sq. x 7″ d., lined with 4 slabs. Bottom of fireplace is an earlier floor. |
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10 B | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door 6′ 10″ from NE. corner, 25″ w. x 35″ h.; (b) in S. wall a door, which we restored as T-shaped, 4′ 11″ from SE. corner, 27″ w. x 31″ h. x 25″ across sill, lower part 4′ 9″ from SE. corner is 21″ w. x 17″ h., sill 13″ above floor offset. |
Ventilator: | S. wall, 5″ from SW. corner, 10″ w. x 12″ h. x 26″ across sill. |
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Wall supports: | E. and W. walls supported on paired beams as in Room 9 B-I. |
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11 | Excavated W. end only. | |
11 B | Doorway: | N. wall 8′ 9″ from NE. corner, 18″ above floor offset; 24″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. |
12 | Doorway: | N. wall 6′ 9″ from NE. corner at floor level, 24″ w. x 3′ 6″ h. |
Ceiling: | Poles upon cross beams, split cedar layer bound to poles by strips of cedar tied with yucca-leaf thongs; layers of cedar bark and mud. |
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12 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 10″ from NE. corner and 19″ above floor, 25″ w. x 26″ across sill; (b) blocked S. door 6′ 7″ from SE. corner and 24″ above floor, 25″ w. x 37″ h. |
13 | Doorway: | N. wall 6′ 7″ from NE. corner and 12″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 6″ h. x 26″ across sill. |
13 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 10″ from NW. corner, approximately 24″ w. x 28″ across sill; (b) blocked S. door 6′ 8″ from SW. corner and 21″ above floor, 25″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. |
14 | Doorway: | N. wall, 6′ 11″ from NE. corner and 8″ above floor, 24″ w. x 3′ 10″ h. |
14 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall, 6′ 9″ from NE. corner, 20″ above floor offset, 25″ w. x 3′ 6″ h. x 26″ across sill; (b) S. wall 7′ 3″ from SE. corner, 18″ above floor, 25″ w. x 26″ across sill. |
15 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 4″ from NE. corner and 6″ above floor, 27″w. x 3′ 7″ h. x 27″ across sill, lower 5″ blocked to form recess 9″ d.; (b) S. wall 27″ from SE. corner and 22″ above floor, 21″ w. at bottom, 17″ w. at top x 30″ h. x 27″ across sill. |
15 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 2″ from NE. corner, 25″ w. x 25″ h. x 25″ across sill; (b) in S. wall (see N. door Room 9 B-111). |
16 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 6″ from NE. corner, 5″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 11″ h., blocked to leave 8″-d. recess; single secondary lintel 4″ below main lintels and 4″ from face of wall; (b) in S. wall 6′ 5″ from SE. corner and 6″ above floor, 28″ w. x 3′ 9″ h. x 29″ across sill (see N. door, Room 8). |
Ceiling: | E. half intact. Two N.-S. beams 6′ 10″ above floor; 16 E.-W. ceiling poles; split cedar, bark, and adobe. |
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16 B | Doorways: | (a) N. door 6′ 9″ from NE. corner, 25″ w., lower 13″ blocked to form plastered recess 9″ d.; (b) blocked door in S. wall (see N. door, Room 8 B-I). |
17 | Unexcavated. | |
18 | Unexcavated. | |
19 | Unexcavated. | |
19 B | Unexcavated. | |
19 C | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door, 38″ from SE. corner, 20″ above floor, 28″ w.; (b) in S. wall, 9′ 2″ from SE. corner and 20″ above floor, 26″ w., provided with secondary jambs to support door slab. |
20 | Doorway: | S. wall 7′ from SE. corner and 7″ above floor, 23″ w. x 3′ 7″ h. (see N. door, Room 12). |
Ceiling: | 4′ at W. end intact. N.-S. beams overlain with ceiling poles, split cedar, and 5″-layer of mud (bark omitted). |
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Hatchway: | In SE. corner, 25″ w. x 37″ E.-W. | |
Fireplace: | Oval depression in floor, 4′ 9″ w. x 5′ 4″ E.-W. x 11″ d., 17″ from N. wall and 5′ 2″ from E., clay lined; subsequently floored over except for 11″-square firebox left at east end. |
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20 B | Doorway: | S. wall 7′ from SE. corner and 18″ above floor offset, 25″ w. x 26″ across sill. |
21 | Doorway: | S. wall 6′ 7″ from SE. corner and 9″ above floor (see N. door, Room 13). |
22 | Unexcavated. | |
22 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall (see S. door, Room 28 B); (b) S. wall (see N. door, Room 14 B). |
23 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 4′ 8″ from NE. corner and 6″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 7″ h. x 27″ across sill; (b) S. wall 6′ 4″ from SE. corner and 11″ above floor (see N. door, Room 15). |
23 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 6′ 10″ from NE. corner and 32″ above floor offset, 26″ w. x 36″ h. x 25″ across sill, lower 12″ blocked; (b) in S. wall 6′ 7″ from SE. corner and 31″ above floor offset (see N. door, Room 15 B). |
23 C | Doorway: | N. wall 8′ 10″ from NE. corner and 19″ above floor offset, 26″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. x 24″ across sill. |
24 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 9′ 9″ from NE. corner and 5″ above floor, 27″ w. x 3′ 10″ h.; (b) S. door 6′ 9″ from SE. corner and 5″ above floor (see N. door, Room 16). In W. wall Tshaped door sealed with large rough sandstone blocks; upper part, 33″ w. x 28″ h., abuts S. wall; lower part, 5″ from SW. corner, approximately 19″ w. x 13″ h. with sill about 28″ above floor. |
Ventilator: | W. wall flush with NW. corner, 5′ 10″ above floor, 11″ w. x 12″ h., blocked from outside. |
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24 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 7′ 3″ from NE. corner and 31″ above floor offset, 26″ w. x 37″ h. x 27″ across sill, lower 9″ blocked; (b) S. door 7½″ from SE. corner, 31″ above floor offset, lower 10″ blocked (see N. door, Room 16 B). |
25 | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 6′ 7″ from NE. corner and 6″ above floor, 25″ w. x 4′ h. x 30″ across sill; (b) in S. wall 39″ from SE. corner, 4″ above floor, 29″ w. x 49″ h. (see N. door, Room 24). |
Ventilators: | W. wall: (a) flush with N. wall, 5′ 10″ above floor, 12″ w. x 11″ h.; (b) 5″ from SW. corner, 5′ 6″ above floor, 10″ w. x 14½″ h. |
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25 B | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 6′ 10″ from NE. corner, 25″ w.; (b) in S. wall 10″ from SE. corner and 31″ above floor offset (see N. door, Room 24 B); (c) in W. wall 30″ from NW. corner and apparently at floor offset, 17″ w. x 20″ across sill. |
26 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door 7′ from NE. corner and 8″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 9″ h.; (b) in W. wall, 6′ 10″ from NW. corner and 6″ above floor (see E. door, Room 25). |
26 B | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 7′ 2″ from NE. corner, 20″ above floor offset, 23″ w. x 3′ 11″ h. x 28″ across sill; (b) W. wall 6′ 10″ from NW. corner (see E. door, Room 25 B). |
26 C | Doorway: | E. wall, 25″ w. (see W. door, Room 27 C). |
27 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door 7′ 10″ from NE. corner and 6″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 6″ h.; (b) S. wall 4′ 6″ from SE. corner and 6″ above floor (see N. door, Room 23); (c) W. wall 7′ from NW. corner and 8″ above floor, blocked from Room 26 to form recess 26″ w. x 3′ 8″ h. x 15″ d. |
27 B | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 7′ 3″ from NE. corner, 24″ above floor offset, 24″ w. x 4′ h. x 25″ across sill; (b) S. wall 20″ from SW. corner, 19″ above floor offset, 24″ w. x 3′ 4″ h. x 25″ across sill, lower 11″ blocked (see N. door, Room 23 B); (c) in W. wall, 7′ 4″ from SW. corner, 23″ above floor offset (see E. door, Room 26 B). |
27 C | Doorways: | (a) E. door 6′ 2″ from SE. corner; (b) S. door flush with W. wall, 26″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. x 24″ across sill (see N. door, Room 23 C); (c) in W. wall 7′ 2″ from NW. corner, 25″ w. |
28 | Doorways: | (a) S. wall 6′ 6″ from SW. corner, 9″ above floor, 24″ w. x 3′ 10″ h. x 26″ across sill; |
(b) W. door 7′ from NW. corner and 8″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 8″ h., blocked from Room 27 to form recess 18″ d. in Room 28 (see E. door, Room 27). |
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Post holes: | (a) Hole, 6½″ dia. x 14″ d., 7′ 10″ from NW. corner and 8′ 3″ from NE.; (b) 6″ dia. x 15″ d., 10′ 5″ from NE. corner and 10′ 3″ from NW.; (c) 7½″ dia. x 10″ d., 14′ 5″ from NW. and 14′ 10″ from NE. corners. Posts in these holes supported primary E.-W. beams. |
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28 B | Doorways: | (a) S. wall 6′ 11″ from SE. corner, 20″ above floor offset, 24″ w. x 3′ 9″ h. x 26″ across sill; (b) W. wall 19″ above floor offset, 25″ w. x 3′ 11″ h. x 27″ across sill (see E. door, Room 27 B). |
29 | Doorway: | E. wall 6′ 4″ from NE. corner and 12″ above floor, 27″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. x 31″ across sill. |
Ventilator: | W. wall flush with S., 5′ 5″ above floor, 10″ w. x 9″ h. |
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29 B | Doorway: | E. wall 6′ 3″ from NE. corner, 29″ above floor offset 24″ w. x 35″ h. x 26″ across sill. |
30 | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 6′ 5″ from NE. corner and 3″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. x 27″ across sill; (b) W. wall 6′ 6″ from NW. corner and 9″ above floor, 27″ w. x 3′ 9″ h. x 31″ across sill (see E. door, Room 29). |
30 B | Doorways: | (a) E. door 6′ 3″ from NE. corner, 22″ above floor offset, 25″ w. x 3′ 6″ h. x 27″ across sill; (b) in W. wall 6′ 7″ from NW. corner and 28″ above floor offset, 23″ w. x 37″ h. x 27″ across sill (see E. door, Room 29 B). |
Ventilator: | In N. wall flush with W., 6′ 2″ above floor offset, 12″ w. x 10″ h., blocked to form recess 13½″ deep. |
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30 B | Ceiling: | At ceiling offset, beam from Room 34 B extends through N. wall 39″, partly embedded in E. wall. |
30 C | Doorway: | In middle E. wall. |
31 | Doorways: | (a) E. door 6′ 6″ from NE. corner and 9½″ above floor, 27″ w. x 3′ 6″ h. x 27″ across sill; (b) in W. wall 6′ 5″ from NW. corner and 10½″ above floor, 27″ w. x 3′ 7″ h. x 27″ across sill (see E. door, Room 30). |
31 B | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 6′ 7″ from NE. corner, 24″ above floor offset, 25″ w. x 3′ 7″ h. x 25″ across sill; (b) W. wall (see E. door, Room 30 B). |
Ventilator: | N. wall, 3′ 10″ from NW. corner, 6′ above floor offset, 10″ w. x 12″ h., blocked to leave recess 13″ d. |
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31 C | Doorway: | In middle W. wall. |
32 | Doorway: | In W. wall 6′ 8″ from NW. corner and 12″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 8″ h. x 27″ across sill (see E. door, Room 31). |
Ventilator: | N. wall 11″ from NW. corner, 4′ 8″ above floor, 8″ w. x 7″ h. |
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Post holes: | Under primary E.-W. beams: (a) 7″ dia. x 13″ d., 7′ 8″ from NW. and 8′ 9″ from NE. corners; (b) 6″ dia. x 11″ d., 10′ 4″ from NW. and 10′ 11″ from NE. corners; (c) 8″ dia. x 12″ d., 14′ 1″ from NW. corner and 14′ 10″ from NE. Holes lined with slab fragments on edge. |
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32 B | Doorway: | W. wall 6′ 10″ from NW. corner, 27″ above floor offset (see E. door, Room 31 B). |
Ventilator: | Blocked ventilator in N. wall 8″ from NW. corner, 6′ 2″ above floor, 12″ w. x 13″ h. (to top broken wall) x 32″ across sill. |
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33 | Unexcavated. | |
34 | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 3′ 3″ from SE. corner, 18″ above floor, 26″ w. x 4′ 8″ h. x 27″ across sill; (b) W. wall 32″ from SW. corner and 15″ above floor, 26″ w. x 4′ 9″ h. |
Ceiling: | 3 primary E.-W. beams (2 paired at S. end); post next E. wall under N. beam; 2 posts next W. wall. |
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34 B | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 4′ 1″ from NE. corner, 14″ above floor offset, 26″ w. x 42″ (to top broken wall) x 26″ across sill; (b) in W. wall, 3′ 11″ from SW. corner, 25″ w. |
Ventilators: | In S. wall: (a) 13″ from SE. corner and 5′ 1″ above floor offset, blocked to form recess 9″ w. x 12″ h. x 18″ d.; (b) 8″ from SW. corner, 5′ 1″ above floor offset, blocked to form recess 12″ w. x 12″ d. |
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35 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door, 4′ 5″ from NW. corner, 5″ above floor, 25″ w.; (b) in W. wall 3′ 8″ from SW. corner, 11″ above floor (see E. door, Room 34). |
Ceiling: | Single E.-W. beam. | |
35 B | Doorway: | In middle E. wall, 26″ w. |
Ventilators: | In S. wall: (a) 12″ from SE. corner and 5′ above floor offset, 12″ w. x 12″ h., blocked to form recess 7″ d.; (b) 12″ from SW. corner and 5′ 11″ above floor, 9″ w. x 14″ h. |
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36 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door 8′ from NW. corner and 12″ above floor, 27″ w. x 4′ 4″ h.; (b) in E. wall 3′ 7″ from NE. corner, 15″ above floor, 21″ w. x 38″ h. x 26″ across sill. |
Floors: | Earlier floor at depth of 6″; at depth of 9″, a roughly laid stone pavement. |
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Ceiling: | 3 primary N.-S. beams, average 9″ dia. | |
36 B | Doorway: | W. wall 3′ 4″ from SW. corner, 26″ w. x 25″ across sill. |
37 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 9′ 9″ from NW. corner, 21″ above floor, 28″ w. x 37″ h., lower 18″ blocked; (b) in W. wall 2′ 10″ from SW. corner, 22″ above floor, 25″ w. x 36″ h. (see E. door, Room 36). |
Ventilator: | In S. wall 21″ from SW. corner and 6′ above floor, 7″ w. x 13″ h., blocked. |
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37 B | Doorway: | Blocked N. door, 9′ 11″ from NW. corner, 22″ above floor offset, 25″ w. |
38 | Unexcavated. | |
39 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door, 7′ from SE. corner and 15″ above floor (to top broken wall), 28″ w. x 4′ h.; (b) in W. wall, 27″ from SW. corner, 9½″ above floor, 27″ w. x 3′ 11″ h. x 26″ across sill. |
Posts: | Against W. wall under beams. | |
40 | Doorways: | (a) N. door 5′ 3″ from NE. corner and 27″ above floor, 3′ 8″ w. at sill, 34″ w. at top x 4′ 9″ h., lower 3′ 7″ blocked; (b) E. door 5′ 3″ from SE. corner, 18″ above floor, 29″ w. x 3′ 11″ h., lower 31″ blocked; (c) blocked S. door 7′ 10″ from SW. corner, 20″ above floor, 27″ w. x 4′ 9″ h. (see N. door, Room 36); (d) blocked W. door 5′ 10″ from SW. corner, 12″ above floor, 38″ w. x 3′ 7″ h. |
Wall repairs: | Two areas show ancient repairs, W. wall at beam height: (a) 3′ 9″ and (b) 7′ 6″ from SW. corner. |
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Fireplaces: | (a) Semicircular, adobe lined, 5′ 5″ from SW. corner, 13″ w. x 19″ E.-W. x 8″ d., |
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underlies S. wall 4″; (b) adobe lined, 4″ from N. wall and 6″ from E., 28″ E.-W. x 30″ x 6″ d. In SE. corner 6″ from E. wall and 25″ from S., an irregular clay-lined depression, 38″ x 39″ E.-W. x 10″ d., slightly burned and ash filled. |
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Ceiling: | Four large N.-S. beams, one of them against W. wall to support ends of 29 overlying ceiling poles, socketed in E. wall only. |
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Post hole: | Clay lined, 8″ dia. x 16″ d., 23″ from E. wall and 4′ 6″ from N. |
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40 B | Doorway: | Blocked W. door 6′ 4″ from SW. corner, sill at floor offset, is 25″ w. for lower 19″ at which point N. jamb has 5″ offset, increasing width to 30″; a second offset, 4″ w., occurs in N. jamb 28″ above sill; total height, 3′ 6″ to top broken wall. |
41 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door 5′ 8″ from NW. corner, 12″ above floor, 26″ w. at sill, 23″ w. at top, x 4′ h.; (b) open door, N. wall 3′ 11″ from NE. corner, 30″ above floor, 23″ w. x 5′ h. (to top broken wall), has 4 built-in steps leading to roof of Kiva J. At level of second step, 2′ 3″ above sill, both jambs were torn out and replaced with new masonry; (c) door in E. wall 8′ 1″ from SE. corner, 18″ above floor, 25″ w. x 3′ 3″ h. x 28″ across sill, lower 28″ blocked; (d) in S. wall 9′ 7″ from SW. corner and 4″ above floor, 29″ w. x 4′ 4″ h., lower 27″ blocked; (e) in W. wall, 5′ 2″ from SW. corner, 8″ above floor, 28″ w. x 4′ 1″ h. x 29″ across sill, blocked to height of 6″, recessed 3″ and then roughly blocked 18″ higher. |
Wall niche(?): | Coarsely blocked opening, N. wall, 9′ 2″ from NE. corner and 31″ above floor, 3′ 9″ w. x 28″ h. to lintel poles. |
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Fireplace: | 18″ dia., 38″ from E. wall and 4′ 4″ from N., shallow, clay lined, and slightly burned. |
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Mealing bins: | Stripped foundation trench, 19″ w. x 6′ 3″ E.-W. x 5″ d., W. end 37″ from N. wall of room, E. end 3′ 5″ from N. and 5′ from E. wall. Adjoining E. end of trench, slabs on edge form clay-lined basin, 13″ w., filled with ash and charcoal; at W. end of trench, slabs |
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on edge project 5″ above floor to form bin 16″ w. x 23″ E.-W. x 6″ d., slab on E. side projects 12″ and extends 10″ to N. |
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41 B | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 10′ 3″ from NW. corner, 10″ above floor offset, 26″ w.; (b) in S. wall 9′ 10″ from SW. corner, 21″ above floor offset, 25″ w. (see N. door, Room 37 B). |
42 | Unexcavated. | |
43 | Doorways: | (a) E. wall 7′ from NE. corner, 17″ above floor, 27″ w. x 4′ 8″ h. x 28″ across sill, lower 14″ blocked; stone on edge in floor forms step, 15″ w. x 10″ h. x 3½″ d.; (b) door in W. wall, 4′ 7″ from SW. corner, 14″ above floor, 25″ w. x 3′ 9″ h., lower 15″ blocked to provide new sill 29″ above floor with plastered secondary jambs set in 9″ from wall face reducing door width to 14″; (c) second W. door, flush with N. wall and 21″ above floor, 25″ w. x 29″ h. to lintels; secondary jambs and new lintels reduced door to 16″ w. x 22″ h. |
Ceiling: | 2 pairs E.-W. primary beams, 10-11″ dia. with overlying poles, split cedar, etc. Posts, 5-6″ dia., stood next walls under both ends of S. beam in N. pair, under E. end of S. beam in S. pair. |
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Subfloor: | Earlier, less even floor at depth of 3″. | |
44 | Doorways: | (a) In E. wall 17″ from NE. corner and 35″ above floor, 26″ w. x 35″ h. to lintels at level of ceiling poles. In NE. corner, block of masonry 38″ w. x 3′ 11″ N.-S. has 3 steps on W. side leading to sill; their average rise and tread are 10″ and 11″ respectively; a 4th step lies below floor level. From sill of door 5 built-in steps lead to roof of Kiva F. (b) In W. wall 7′ from SW. corner, sill at floor level, 27″ w. x 36″ h., lower 14″ blocked from Room 43 forming recess 10″ d. in 44 (see E. door, Room 43). |
Ceiling: | Largely intact. 2 E.-W. beams, average 11½″ dia., plus secondary logs, layer of split cedar, ½″ of adobe, then cedar bark, and 3″ of adobe as floor of Room 44 B. Posts, 8″ dia., next walls under both ends of N. beam and under E. end of S. beam stand on slabs 4′ 4″ below floor. |
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Hatchway: | In ceiling, 22″ from S. wall and 5″ from E., 12″ w. x 17″ E.-W. |
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Painting: | On N. wall, white drawing of sandal, 7¾″ l. x 3¾″ w., for right foot, notch on side. |
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Wall niche: | In N. wall 6½″ from NW. corner and 3′ 11″ above floor, 6″ w. x 2½″ h. x 4½″ d., plastered; bottom corners rounded, upper corners squared. |
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Fireplace: | Slab-lined 9′ 4″ from SW. corner of room and 10′ 6″ from SE. corner, 20″ w. x 22″ E.-W. x 7″ d. |
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Floors: | (a) At depth of 18″ (17″ at W. end), uneven floor. On it, in SE. corner, unplastered masonry bin 45″ w. x 47″ E.-W. x 17″ d., filled with sand and debris of reconstruction. Semicircular end of ventilator duct from Room 47 subfloor kiva 5′ 4″ from NW. corner. Slab-lined fireplace 32″ dia. x 13″ d. is 21″ from E. wall and 32″ from masonry bin. Bottom step of NE. masonry stairway on this floor. (b) At additional depth of 15½″ a second subfloor, probably the original, overlain by debris of occupation and sand. From this floor to ceiling beams is 7′ 10½″. |
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44 B | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door 5′ 4″ from NW. corner at floor level, 27″ w. x 28″ across sill; (b) E. wall 7′ 2″ from SE. corner at floor level, 26″ w. x 27″ across sill, lower 6″ blocked and recessed 8″; (c) in S. wall, blocked T-shaped door 5′ 10″ from SW. corner, sill 15″ above floor, lower portion is 20″ w. x 13″ h.; offsets of 12″ on W. jamb and 8″ on E.; upper part 3′ 4″ w. x 15″ h. to top broken wall. |
45 | Unexcavated. | |
46 | Reclaimed portion of room sacrificed to Kiva E. |
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Ceiling: | A single 10″-dia. E.-W. beam; 13 ceiling poles of which only 5 are tenoned in N. wall; on poles, a layer of split cedar. Purposeful fill on original floor 8′ 1″ below beam leaves 3′ 8″ clearance. Posts against walls under beam ends stand on slabs 4½″ below original floor. |
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Hatchway: | In SE. corner against S. wall, 24″ from E., 19″ w. x 24″ N.-S. |
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46 B | Doorways: | (a) Blocked T-shaped door in E. wall, sill at floor level, abutted by N. wall; S. jamb of lower section 12″ from NE. corner is 3′ h.; from 11½″-w. offset S. jamb of upper part rises 18″ to broken top of wall. (b) Blocked W. door 24″ above floor, S. jamb 18″ from NW. corner, also abutted by built-in N. wall. |
47 | Part of former dwelling that made way for Kiva E and was filled ceiling high. |
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47 B | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door 29″ from SE. corner, 11″ above floor offset, 19″ w.; (b) in S. wall, blocked door 5′ 8″ from SW. corner, 24″ w. x 30″ h.; (c) in W. wall, blocked T-shaped door flush with NW. corner; lower part 6″ above floor offset, 15″ w. x 30″ h.; from 10″ w. offset upper part is 20″ h. |
Floor: | Two masonry-enclosed N.-S. beams as former wall support rest upon floor offset 3′ 5″ from SW. corner and 3′ 8″ from NW. corner. Beams adzed on top; floor sunken 5″ on E. side, 10″ on W. |
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Fireplaces: | (a) Against blocked S. door, 10″ E.-W. x 12″ x 9″ d., partly slab lined and plastered, contained 2 stone firedogs; (b) 3′ 6″ from NE. corner, 14″ E.-W. x 19″ x 4″ d., slab floored and clay lined; (c) probable hearth 5′ from E. wall and 37″ from S., 23″ dia. x 5″ d. |
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Bin: | Abutting NW. corner, 17″ E.-W. x 22″ x 9″ d.; E. and S. sides of plastered masonry. Ash filled but unburned. |
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48 | Unexcavated. | |
49 | Unexcavated. | |
50 | Unexcavated. | |
51 | Doorways: | (a) N. wall 4′ 8″ from NW. corner, 25″ above floor, 25″ w. x 38″ h., lower 12″ blocked; (b) E. door 6′ 8″ from SE. corner, 16″ above floor, 28″ w. x 4′ 7″ h., lower 28″ blocked; (c) E. wall 10″ from SE. corner and 30″ above floor, recessed door connecting with Room 52 B is 26″ w. x 6′ 7″ h. x 23″ across sill; has 11 small lintel poles, those on W. at ceiling-pole height and those on E. side 6″ higher. Below sill, 10″ |
from S. wall, is platform step 31″ N.-S. x 35″ x 10″ h. (d) Door in W. wall 5′ 8″ from SW. corner and 17″ above floor is 26″ w. x 3′ 10″ h. |
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Ventilator: | In E. wall 7′ 4″ from SE. corner and 8′ 2″ above floor, 15″ w. x 17″ h., blocked. |
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Wall niche: | In W. wall 8″ from SW. corner and 3′ 4″ above floor, 12″ w. x 15½″ h. x 7½″ d. |
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Fireplace: | 35″ from E. wall and 6′ from N., 14″ E.-W. x 26″ x 14″ d., lined and floored with slabs. |
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51 B | Doorway: | Probable E. door, 37″ from SE. corner. |
Repository: | In NW. corner at junction of 4 walls, two beams supporting S. wall of Room 53 B extend 6″ east of corner. Built in upon their extended ends is a semicircular bit of masonry 14″ l. x 10″ h., open to E. and partly covered by an inverted, broken metate. |
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52 | Unexcavated. | |
52 B | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door 38″ from SE. corner and 8″ above floor, 29″ w. In floor at SW. corner, a masonry-lined vestibule 24″ N.-S. x 21″ x 27″ d., connects with door leading down to Room 51 A. |
Timber: | Roughly hewn cedar timber 12″ w. x 29″ l. x 7″ th., one end half buried in floor 7″ W. of E. door. |
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53 | Unexcavated. | |
54 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked N. door 5′ 1″ from NW. corner, 15″ above floor, 26″ w. x 3′ 8″ h.; (b) in E. wall 34″ from SE. corner, 14″ above floor, 29″ w. x 3′ 6″ h., lower 14″ blocked; secondary lintels with 2″ masonry fill above; (c) in S. wall 5′ from SW. corner and 25″ above floor (see N. door, Room 51); (d) in W. wall 33″ from SW. corner, 9″ above floor, 28″ w. x 3′ 7″ h., lower 12″ blocked. |
Ventilator: | In W. wall 25″ from NW. corner, 5′ 5″ above floor, 11½″ w. x 8″ h. |
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Recess: | Blocked recess W. wall, 9′ 1″ from SW. corner, 3′ 5″ above floor, 12″ w. x 31″ h. |
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Subfloors: | Earlier floors at depths of 1¼″ and 4¼″. | |
55 | Doorways: | In E. wall: (a) 5′ 1″ from NE. corner, 24″ above floor, 20″ w. x 31″ h. x 27″ across sill, with secondary jambs to support a door slab; (b) blocked E. door 11′ 2″ from NE. corner, |
3′ 3″ above floor, 23″ w. x 34″ to top broken wall; (c) another blocked E. door, 4′ 7″ from SE. corner, 3″ above floor, 28″ w. x 4′ 6″ h., reduced to 19″ w. x 3′ 5″ h. by secondary jambs and 13″ of masonry on old sill then wholly blocked and plastered over; (d) open E. door 16″ from SE. corner and 35″ above floor, 22″ w. x 38″ h., with two built-in steps; (e) in W. wall 9′ 4″ from SW. corner, 3″ above floor, 28″ w. x 5′ h., lower 18″ blocked (see E. door, Room 54). |
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Wall drawings: | On S. wall plaster, 2 human figures and 3 left hands drawn with white chalk. |
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Floor depressions: | Against S. wall, 3′ 6″ from SW. corner, 18″ E.-W. x 38″ x 5″ d., clay lined with upright slab on S. half of E. side; 2″ N. of this depression is a second, 14″ E.-W., 4′ 5″ x 4″ d., slab lined and floored; N. half is 12″ w. and not slab lined |
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Mealing bins: | Parallelling E. side of room at 19″, 4′ from S. wall; over-all width 36″ x 12′ 8″ N.-S. Room floor higher on E. side; metate seatings, 23″ w., slope down from floor level 5″ to edge of meal trench. Latter is 13″ w. x 6″ d., its bottom 3″ below lower edge of metate seatings. Trench lined and floored with slab fragments bedded in mud; S. end closed by tabular metate on edge 27″ l. and standing 7″ above room floor. Embedded in trench floor at N. end is dressed pine plank 5″ w. x 25″ l. x ½″ th. All framing and most of flooring slabs removed when bins were dismantled. |
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Subfloor: | Earlier floor 5″ below; on it a trench 11″ w. x 3½″ d. crosses N. end of room and is floored with a single plank 10½″ w. x 12′ l. x 1″ th. |
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55 B | Doorway: | N. wall 5′ 8″ from NE. corner, sill at floor level, 21″ w. x 38″ h. (to top broken wall), lower 6″ blocked leaving an 8″-deep recess, then blocked an additional 9″ leaving an 11″deep recess, then blocked to broken top of wall. |
56 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door 15″ from SE. corner has wooden sill 5½″ above floor, 18″ w. x 30″ h.; (b) in W. wall 16″ from SW. corner, |
24″ w. x 22″ h. (see door, SE. corner Room 55). |
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Post: | 21″ from NE. corner and 4″ from N. wall is 3″-dia. post, present height 16″. |
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57 | Doorway: | In W. wall 17″ from SW. corner and 6″ above floor, 15″ w. x 27″ h., blocked to form 7″-deep recess (see E. door, Room 56). |
58 | An apparently open room built, like 56 and 57, on fill following construction of Kiva H. |
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Doorways: | (a) Blocked T-shaped door in E. wall 12″ above floor; lower section, 4′ 7″ from SE. corner, is 26″ w. x 33″ h.; upper part 41″ w. x 29″ h. |
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Subfloor: | In SE. corner, earlier floor at depth of 4′ 10″. | |
60 | Open work space. | |
Fireplace: | Against W. wall 30″ from SW. corner, oval, 12″ E.-W. x 23″ x 8″ d. In open space 11′ 8″ N. of Room 60 and 28″ from W. wall is a slab-lined fireplace, 12″ square by 7″ d. |
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61 | Open work space. | |
Posthole: | In SW. corner 8″ from S. wall and 7″ from W., 4″ dia., x 10″ d. |
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62 | Doorways: | (a) In E. wall blocked T-shaped door 30″ above floor, lower section 14″ from SE. corner is 21″ w. x 28″ h.; jambs of upper portion, 24″ h., are offset 9″ on S. and 6″ on N. Lower part provided with lintels and blocked to leave 12″-deep recess in which, against N. jamb and 13″ above sill, is an opening 6″ w. x 5″ h.; upper part recessed an additional 6½″, blocked and plastered. (b) In S. wall 5′ 3″ from SE. corner (see N. door, Room 40). |
63 | Doorway: | Blocked E. door 13′ 3″ from NE. corner and 21″ above floor, 27″ w. |
Fireplace: | Masonry lined and floored with clay, 23″ from E. wall and 6′ 9″ from S., 30″ N.-S. x 31″ x 31″ d. |
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Slab: | Set on edge in floor 12′ 8″ from N. wall and 26″ from E., sandstone slab 15″ E.-W. extends 7″ above floor and 12″ below. |
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Subfloor: | Earlier floor at depth of 16″. | |
64 | Doorways: | (a) Blocked E. door 3′ from NE. corner and 18″ above floor, 21″ w. x 3′ 4″ h.; (b) blocked W. door is 4′ 6″ from NW. corner and 21″ above floor, 17″ w. x 29″ h. |
Recess: | In W. wall against SW. corner 3′ 10″ above floor, wall recess 15″ w. x 5½″ h. at S. and 3½″ h. at N. x 10″ d., with slab sill protruding 1″. |
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65 | Doorway: | Blocked E. door (see W. door, Room 64). |
Recess: | In E. wall 4′ from NE. corner and 4′ 4″ above floor, 7″ w. x 9″ h., neatly blocked and plastered over. Does not show in Room 64. |
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Subfloor: | Earlier floor at depth of 4″. |
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