The architecture of Pueblo Bonito : (with 81 plates) |
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C. APPENDIX C
A PARTIAL LIST OF WALL REPAIRS MADE BY
THE PUEBLO BONITO EXPEDITIONS[1]
| 14a | Rebuilt E. end as N. wall buttress, 10′ h. x 4′ w. |
| 14C | Repairs, north offset, 1′ h. x ca. 4′ long. |
| 60B | SE. wall repaired, 1926. |
| 76 | SE. arc, rebuilt 5′ h. x 7′ w. |
| SW. door, blocking replaced, 1927. | |
| N of 86C 3rd story ceiling offset, repairs above and below; beams replaced. | |
| 87 | N. wall below offset, 3′ repaired; beam replaced. |
| B | N. wall, floor offset to door repaired, sill replaced. |
| 88 | S. wall, 4′ h. x 3′ patch, W. half; N. door, lintels replaced; NW. ventilator inadvertently closed, 1926. |
| 89B | N. side, repairs E. of door; beam end replaced. |
| 2nd N. of 89: N. wall, beam holes repaired; beam end replaced. | |
| 91 | Piled loose stones against leaning SW. wall as temporary buttress, 1924. |
| 98B | N. wall: 2 new door lintels; repairs above door to ceiling offset; E. of door, 3′ h. x 6′ patch. |
| 98C | N. wall: above floor offset, 3′ patch to NW. corner; beam replaced. W. wall, 4′ h. x 3′ w. patch. |
| 138 | N. wall E. of door, 3′ h. repairs. W. wall, 2′ h. repairs, full length. |
| 142 | E. wall repaired; outside SE. corner, repaired masonry under large slab, 1923. |
| 143-4 | External W. wall repairs (see W. Court). |
| 148 | Repaired "altar." |
| 153-4 | S. wall, rebuilt 2′ h. |
| 158 | Repaired N. and W. walls, 1927. |
| 168 | W. door repaired, new lintels, 1925. |
| 172 | N. wall, 5′ h. x 3′ patch, W. half. |
| B | Repairs N. door, NW. corner. |
| C | Repairs along N. floor offset and below door. |
| 173 | W. wall: repairs, ca. 4′ long, at ceiling pole level. |
| B | NW. diagonal door: replaced 2 lintels; repairs above to ceiling offset. |
| 174 | N wall: repairs around beam end. E. wall; over door, 2′ sq. patch. |
| B | Repairs NE. corner, above floor offset. |
| 175B | Repaired N. door jambs and 18″ above to NW. corner; new lintels; W. wall: N. end offset repaired. |
| 177B | 3 large patches W. side at and above floor offset; wall top repaired. |
| 179B | 2′ sq. patch at floor offset NW. corner. W. side: patch 5′ h. x 3′ in N. half; offset repaired to N. wall. |
| 180 | W. wall: 2′ h. x 3′ patch upper south. |
| 180B | NW. end: 3′ h. x 4′ patch in middle; 2′ patch along offset. W. side: repairs over diagonal doorway, SW. corner; 2 new lintel poles; offset repaired to NW. corner, ventilator repaired and 5′ h. x 3′ patch above. |
| C | Repaired W. door jambs; new sill; 1′ sq. patch in N. half of wall. |
| 183 | N: middle of ceiling offset repaired; W: N. half of offset. |
| B | Repaired N. door and for 9″ above; new jambs, sill and lintels. W. door: both jambs repaired; new sill installed. |
| 184 | SE. end: repairs around ceiling poles; SW. side, above blocked door to offset. |
| B | NE side: door jambs repaired and 15″ above; new lintels; SW. side, 6′ w. repairs to wall top, including new door lintels. |
| 185 | NW. end: repairs 1′ below entire offset; SW. side, repaired beam hole and ventilator. |
| 186 | Southwest wall, beam holes repaired. |
| 187B | Northeast: Beam replaced; 2′ square patch. |
| Northwest: wall rebuilt to below 187C doorway to buttress NE wall; N. jamb repaired; replaced lintels. |
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| C | Northwest: door repaired. |
| Northeast: W. ventilator repaired. | |
| 188 | Outside NE. wall: 2 patches 1½′ w. x 3′ h.; 2′ w. x 3′ h. |
| B | Northeast: Repaired around beam holes and along ceiling offset. |
| Southeast: Wall rebuilt to door in 188C as N. wall buttress. | |
| Northwest: Rebuilt above door to wall top, 10′ h. as N. wall buttress. | |
| C | Northeast: Patched floor offset, 3′ l. x 1′ h. |
| 189 | Outside NE. wall: Repairs above ventilators, 3′ h. |
| B | Northeast: Beam holes repaired. |
| Southeast: Rebuilt above doorway to wall top, 4′ w. x 12′ h. as N. wall buttress. |
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| C | Northeast: floor offset repaired. |
| D | Northeast: Patched floor offset, 5′ l. x 3′ h. |
| 209 | East end repairs. |
| 225 | E. and W.: Repaired beam seatings. |
| B | Repaired about all doors; replaced lintels, N. and E.; sill, S. door; repaired ventilators. |
| 226 | N.: Repairs at ceiling level, 2′ h. x 4′ l., upper 4′ rebuilt, 1921. |
| B | S.: Repairs about door and above to wall top; E. and W. repaired to buttress S. wall. |
| 227 | N.: Repaired and replastered large vandal-torn hole, east end, 1926. |
| 227-I | N.: Repairs at ceiling level. |
| 228 | N., E., and S. walls: Repaired (1921) holes caused by removal of beams and ceiling poles. |
| B | Repaired (1921) and partly rebuilt E. and W. walls; E. repairs inadvertently blocked ventilator in T-shaped door. S. wall: Repaired beam holes and ventilator. |
| C | Repaired S. door and surrounding masonry. |
| 229B | Upper E. wall partly rebuilt (1921) to buttress 229C south wall. |
| 235 | S.: Repaired large hole broken through from 227. Room refilled on account drainage. |
| 241B | Repaired N. door jambs and 2′ above to wall top; new lintels. W. door: New lintels and 6′ h. repairs, 8′ w. at top. |
| 242 | W.: Small patch at beam level. |
| B | 2′ x 4′ h. patch in middle E. wall. NE. diagonal door: New lintels and 4′ above to ceiling offset. W. side: Upper courses relaid to provide drainage. |
| C | E. side: From floor offset, repairs 2′ w. x 6′ h. |
| 243 | Repaired E.-W. beam seatings, 1921. |
| B | 2′ h. repairs at N. ceiling level. E. side: 6 sq. ft. patch in middle; above S. ventilator, new lintels and 15 sq. ft. patch above into 243C. W. side: New lintels and N. jamb of door; repairs at beam level. |
| C | Repairs, W. side: middle and S. half. |
| 244B | Minor repairs (1921) SE. diagonal and 3 other doors; above E. door, 6′ patch into 244C; W. door, new lintels. |
| 245B | E. door: Repairs and new lintels, 1921. |
| 247B-S | N. wall, on rotted beam, removed 1921 and position indicated. |
| B-N | N. and S. walls, built on rotted 247A beams, removed 1921; positions indicated by stones protruding from side walls. East door repaired, lintels replaced. |
| 248B | N. wall: Built on beam, position marked by stones protruding from side walls, 1921. |
| 249B | S. wall removed, N. wall repaired 1921. |
| 251 | East: 2 new beams placed. W. side: door repaired, lintels replaced. |
| B | S. wall: upper 5′ rebuilt. W. wall: S. half, 1′ h., rebuilt. |
| 252 | East: Repairs at beam level. |
| B | East: 3′ x 4′ patch in middle; upper 3′ new. S. wall: Collapsed; position indicated as in 247B-N. |
| 256 | East door: Burned lintels replaced; wall above repaired. |
| B | W. door restored, 1922; rebuilt step below. |
| 257 | E. door: new lintels placed; wall above repaired 1922; NW. diagonal door, new lintels. |
| B | N. and E. doors and masonry above repaired, new lintels placed. Ventilator from 181B and surroundings repaired; ventilator from 256B unwittingly closed during 1922 repairs. |
| 259B | North door repaired, new lintels, jambs, and sill. |
| 260 | N.: Repairs at ceiling level; 1′ x 2′ h. patch; E. door repaired, new lintels placed, masonry below repaired to floor offset; 4′ square patch above. |
| B | SE. door repaired, new lintels placed. S. door: new lintels and 6′ patch above. |
| 261 | N. door: new lintels; repairs above and for 3′ on W. side. |
| B | E. wall partly rebuilt, 1922, to brace insecure W. corner of 184. S. door: Both jambs repaired, new lintels placed, wall above repaired entire length. |
| C | S. end: 4′ w. x 3′ h. patch. |
| 265 | N.: Repairs entire length at ceiling level, ceiling poles replaced. E.: offset and 1′ below repaired entire length; ventilators repaired; 3′ x 5′ h. patch at N. ventilator. W. wall: offset and beam seatings repaired. |
| B | E. door: From floor offset to sill repaired; also both jambs and masonry on either side. |
| 268 | E. door: N. jamb rebuilt, new lintels placed, masonry on either side repaired. |
| 273 | N. door: replaced lintels, repaired masonry above, 1922. |
| 295 | SW. wall: E. end, repaired (1923) hole broken through W. end. Inadvertently closed ventilator. |
| 296B | N. wall: Patch 2′ x 4′ h. at ceiling offset, W. half. |
| C | N. wall: 2 beam holes repaired, 1 beam reset; patch, NE. corner at ceiling level. |
| 297C | N. wall: 1 beam reset; repairs ca. 2′ below ceiling offset; NE. corner, repairs above and below offset. |
| 299B | W. end: Upper part rebuilt to buttress N. wall (1923). |
| C | W. end: Upward extension as in 299B. |
| 301B | N. wall: 1922 repairs failed to reproduce second-type masonry. Beam reset; ventilator repaired and new lintels placed. E. and W. ends rebuilt 3′ w. from floor offset to buttress N. wall. |
| C | N.: Repairs at ceiling level. |
| 306B | N. door: new lintels and jambs. E. and W. sides, wall repairs. S. side: 9 sq. ft. patch lower E. half. |
| West Court. SE. corner Gateway: Repaired cross-wall, 2′ high. E. side of Court: Rebuilt lower 18″-24″ from Gateway to interCourt passageway N. of 35a; on N. side of passageway, repairs 7′ long x 5′ h. |
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| Outside North wall: Repaired all vandal-torn holes, R. 14b to R. 187. | |
| Kivas | |
| A | Repaired upper 2-3′ of wall, replacing 3 charred ceiling(?) poles in original position, W. wall. Repaired both sides stairway to R. 148, replacing decayed sticks at step level. |
| B | Repaired and raised wall 2½ to 3½ ft. |
| D | In 1921 raised N. and W. walls 3′ to approximately original height to control drainage. Where pilaster logs had burned, filled holes with stonework. Filled subfloor vault with sand and broken rock as drainage aid. |
| E | Rebuilt upper 3′ of wall; upper 6-15″ of each pilaster rebuilt. |
| F | Rebuilt upper wall, 12-18″ on N. and E.; 2-3′, S. and W. sides. |
| G | Approximately upper 1′ repaired. |
| H | Approximately upper 3′ rebuilt. |
| I | From 2½ to 3½′ of upper wall repaired. |
| J | Approximately 2′ of upper wall rebuilt. |
| K | Upper 3′ of S. wall rebuilt; remaining wall raised about 2′. |
| L | Upper 1′ of S. quarter rebuilt. At top of W. quarter, 1 x 4′ patch. |
| M | Upper 3′ of wall rebuilt. |
| N | Upper 2′ of E. side rebuilt; at S., upper 1′ rebuilt. |
| O | Upper 3′ of N. wall rebuilt. |
| Q | Upper 2-4′ of wall repaired or rebuilt; 6′ at NW. |
| W | Upper 6″ of wall repaired; also pilasters. |
| 67 | E. face of enclosed wall repaired. |
| 161 | Approximately 2′ of upper wall rebuilt, three-fourths of circumference. |
[1]
Beginning in 1921 representatives of the National Geographic Society undertook voluntarily
to repair wall damage at Pueblo Bonito previously caused by extraction of timbers or
otherwise. Some of that damage pre-dates Mindeleff's 1887 photographs but most of it
apparently occurred during the decade 1896-1906. The following list, by no means complete,
was begun in 1926 by Henry B. Roberts from personal observation and has since been
expanded by others from field records of the Expeditions. As a matter of fact, repairs in
some degree were required in nearly every room, the annual cost exceeding $2,000.
Known repairs by the National Park Service, 1925-1927, follow on page 341.
KNOWN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPAIRS AT
PUEBLO BONITO, 1925-1927
| Room | Nature of repairs. |
| 3b | Repaired (1926) holes broken through NW. ceiling, NE. and NW. walls. |
| 3d | Repaired (1926) platform at NW. end; holes broken through floor and NE. wall from R. 58. |
| 58 | Repaired (1926) hole through SW. wall to R. 3d (Pepper, 1920, pp. 220, 329). |
| 92 | (2nd story of R. 97 or 3a) T-shaped door, NW. wall, 1926. |
| 110 | See Rooms 3b, 3d, 58 above. |
| 158 | Repairs to N. and W. walls, 1927. |
| 168 | Repaired W. door, replaced lintels, 1925. |
| 169 | SW. door: lintels and masonry above replaced, 1927; 3 NW. doors rebuilt. |
| 185B | SW. door repaired, 1927. |
| 227B | Concrete floor placed, 1925, to protect ceiling of 227A. |
| Kiva D | Walls and surrounding rooms covered with concrete, April-May 1925, as experiment in drainage control. |
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