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Title: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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object of the National Geographic Societys 1929expedition was to secure datable beam material, and since previousexperience had taught us that the largest beams were likely to befound in kivas, the well-known subterranean ceremonial chambersof the Pueblo tribes, our initial efforts in Kin Tiel were directedtoward discovering burned rooms of this type. A large circular de-pression was therefore chosen for excavation. This, because of itslocation and diameter, was thought to indicate a kiva of Pueblo Bonitotype. Certain local resemblances to Bonitian architecture and potteryhad greatly influenced this belief, in spite of the traditional connec- 8th Ann. Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., 1886-7, P- 92. We wish to acknowledge Mrs. Balcolms wilhng cooperation in the purposeof the expedition, her generous permission to excavate and her warm hospitalitywhich was extended to the members of our party. ^ 8th Ann. Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., 1886-7, P- 92- 82 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COIXECTIONS VOL. 82
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NO. II PUEBLO RUINS IN ARIZONA HAURY AND HARGRAVE 83 tion with Zufii/ Excavation, however, proved the absence of charredtimbers and we turned to another depression of similar appearance. Contrary to expectations this second test revealed a rectangularroom which differed only in non-essentials from similar chambersin present-day Hopi villages. We had no reason to expect a subterra-nean room of this type even though there was some justification forthe belief that Kin Tiel was contemporaneous with prehistoric Hopisettlements of the late Pueblo III and early Pueblo IV horizons. Wehad noted no superficial evidence of Hopi culture, but Mindeleff hadremarked ^ that large circular depressions often revealed rectangularrooms. This statement was based on the fact that he had found, onlya few feet from our second excavation, the walls of a rectangularroom which for lack of time he was unable completely to lay bare. Wefinished the work he started in this particular chamber (our KT-II)and the resu

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