ERODED BOWLDER HOUSE (RUIN 7)

This house, more remarkable from its site than its structure, was

constructed in an eroded cave of a bowlder halfway down the talus of

the cliff. The front walls are somewhat broken down, but others built

in the rear of the cave still remain intact. On the top of the bowlder

is the débris of fallen walls, suggesting a former tower, but not

much remains in place to determine its outlines. Where the walls are

protected the mortar shows impressions of human hands and at one place

there are the indentations of a corncob used by the plasterers to press

the mortar between the layers of stone. There were formerly at least

two rooms in the rear of the cave, the front walls of which have fallen

and are strewn down the talus to the bottom of the canyon.

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