Station 4.
Behind the rooms in this part of the dwelling is a large enclosed area which was used as a trash room. The villagers also kept some of their domesticated turkeys penned up in it. The main village trash dump was the talus slope on which you are now standing.
The black stain on the cave roof is smoke.
Notice the wall decorations on the second floor room to the left. It was made by plastering colored clay on the walls. Many rooms were once decorated inside like this one.
The Third Court
Ground plan of Spruce Tree House
Refuse Room Kiva (8) Refuse Area
Spruce Tree House about A.D. 1260. (Museum diorama)