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Show - PRAY a * Ese ae aegst: ek oi od %% e427 nate; a = FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY water from the mountain gulches to the level fields below, south and east of the settlements. It is possible that it was constructed during a late occupation of Pu-yé by the Santa Clara Indians, after their knowledge of irrigation had been augmented by contact with the Spaniards of the Rio Grande valley. ‘‘One hundred and forty rooms of the great community house have been excavated by the Southwest Society of the Institute, and may be seen in practically their original condition. This comprises about three-fourths of the south house. The walls of the first floor remain standing in a good state of preservation to a height of from four to seven feet. The latter figure was probably about the height of the ceiling in the first story. That there was much irregularity in the altitude of different parts of the building is shown by the amount of fallen wall material and other debris in the rooms excavated. It ' ell] LEADING is evident that there was an irregular terracing back from the rooms fie facing the court, and it is likely that small portions of certain terraces were four stories high. ‘‘Large quantities of stone implements and utensils, many articles in bone, and a considerable amount of pottery were found during the excavation work. The pottery found in an apparently hopelessly shattered condition, has been made one of the choicest collections that has been excavated in the southwest, The collection is chiefly _— characterized by the large amount of a beautiful red ware peculiar to the Pajaritan pottery, and also by elaborate use of ornamental glazing, which was a well-developed art among the Pajaritan people in pre-Spanish times.’’ Among the several groups of cliff- and cave-dwellings in northern New Mexico which have been but recently brought to notice is the village named by the Pueblo Indians Tsan- OTHER RUINS PAJARITO OF THE PLATEAU ka-wi, the equivalent in the Te-wa language for the ‘‘Place of the Round Cactus.’’ This remarkable ruin is located about thirty miles northwest from Santa Fé, on the Pajarito plateau. To reach Tsan-ka-wi, an hour’s drive in a northeasterly direction brings one to the base of a long, irregularly shaped mesa, the sides of which are strewn with sharp-edged throughout the locality. rocks, the voleanic tufa which still another, but smaller, eminence dh didn tee en ae ee . hd os et 7 ee ne Se - aid ae ee * prevails On approaching this mesa from the west is seen perched upon the larger, gA-Ng 7 SSur[Joaq HUD TePy ree eeta Peemeiaetes1t yeisige es ORCo lee PE EP ted oe) reat ee ae ete TPage tar Gs. ee ok ee 20 |
