Show THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS Of the San Juan From a University of Utah Bulletin by Dean Byron Cummings Continued from last week A few of the walls of rooms in and ruins in 1 Ancient Plastered Sagi house in have been constructed in a similar and are excellent specimens of primitive lath and They bear a. resemblance to the early Italian traces of which have been uncovered in the Italic The was the most important room in these Around it seemed to center the life of the and from it undoubtedly radiated those influences that held the clan together and helped develop the community The kiva was the and the council the sacred place in which the church and state were as effectively united as they ever were in the ancient temples of Greece and Through it proceeded all the germs of life that rose to an existence beneath the broad sunlight of the open Here the people came close to mother earth and invoked the giving powers which she seemed ever capable of by thought and they prepared themselves for the responsibilities that awaited them in active life under the full light of the sun Thus to serve these purposes it was natural that the kiva should be built as nearly round as possible and sunk below the level of the other In the caves this was brought about by placing the kiva at the front of the cave on the descending Sometimes a level floor has been secured by pecking away the sandstone on the upper side until the required space was or by using stone and clay freely in leveling up the lower side of the sloping cliff before the These circular rooms are usually from twelve to fifteen feet in although a few ex amples have been found of still larger dimensions The side from one to two feet are of stone laid in clay and are more carefully built than most of the walls |