OAK TREE HOUSE

The ruin formerly called Willow House, but now known as Oak Tree House,

lies on the north side of Fewkes Canyon, in a symmetrical cave and has an

upper and a lower part. The two noteworthy features of Oak Tree House are

the kivas and the remnant of the wall of a circular room made of sticks

plastered with adobe but destitute of stone masonry.

Oak Tree House has seven kivas and may be called a large cliff dwelling.

One of the kivas has a semicircular ground plan with a rectangular room

on the straight side. There are no pilasters or banquettes in this kiva.

The floor of another kiva was almost wholly occupied by a series of

grinding bins, indicating a secondary use. The repair work on Oak Tree

House has not yet been completed, but a small collection of specimens at

one end of the ruin shows the nature of the objects thus far found.

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