Unbonded walls more often collapsed.
One of the seven infant burials mentioned at Stake 12.
In this room seven infant burials were found in slab-lined pits (only one pit can be seen today). As with most people, the Indians held a close relationship to their children, probably believing, like the Hopi today, that the spirit of the dead child would be reborn in the next baby. Consequently the deceased were often buried in the mother’s house.
Collapsed roof.
The roof as built before collapse Mud Bark Split beams Main beams
13. Work area.
The area in front of you was an outdoor workshop, or patio, where the people could grind corn, make pottery, mend clothes, gamble, or gossip. It was surrounded by a low “windbreak” wall and perhaps in the summer was partially covered by a brush “shade.”