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Refuse of Basket Maker III.

The only pure deposit of Basket Maker III material is in the southeast
corner of the area excavated, in Trenches 7 and 8, Section III.
(Fig. 7). The shards are Lino Gray (Hargrave[1] and La Plata Black

on White (Gladwin).[2] The small mound of this material suggests one
or more pit houses in the near vicinity and perhaps covered by the later
deposits.

In the northeast corner of the excavated area the proportions of
Lino Gray and of La Plata Black on White are high enough to suggest
that at least some of this debris may be of Basket Maker III but later
mixed by surface wash with material from Pueblo I. Beneath Trenches
8 and 9 in Section I were found sandstone slabs so set into the ground
that their identification as the outline of one or more pit houses was
possible.

Experimental attempts at a colored ware appear to be indicated
in sporadic shards of an orange-red on dull light orange, shards which
may possibly be merely over-fired Black on White but which on close
examination shows such uniformity as to suggest intentional use of the
colors as they stand at present.