At the close of the harvest, when the season of feasts and ceremonials begins, lasting through most of the winter, the occupants of these farming

villages close up their houses and move back to the main pueblo leaving them untenanted until the succeeding spring.

The great number of abandoned and ruined rooms is very noticeable in the farming pueblos illustrated in this and two of the succeeding plans (Pls. [LXIX] and [LXXIII]). The families that farm in their vicinity seem to occupy scarcely more than half of the available rooms.

[ PESCADO.]

This village, also a Zuñi farming pueblo, is situated in a large valley about 12 miles northeast from Zuñi. Although it is much larger than Nutria it is wholly comprised within the compact group illustrated. The tendency to build small detached houses noticed at Nutria and at Ojo Caliente has not manifested itself here. The prevalence of abandoned and roofless houses is also noticeable.

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Plate LXIX. Pescado, plan.

Fig. 18. Pescado, plan, old wall diagram.