Fig. 55 illustrates a
mud-plastered oven at Pescado, which is elevated about a foot above the
ground on a base or plinth of masonry. The opening of this oven is on
the side toward the houses. This form is quite exceptional in Cibola,
though of frequent occurrence among the Rio Grande pueblos. A very large
and carefully finished example was examined at Jemez.
[Illustration: Fig. 55. Dome-shaped oven on a plinth of masonry.]
[Illustration: Fig. 56. Oven in Pescado exposing stones of masonry.]
[Illustration: Fig. 57. Oven in Pescado exposing stones of masonry.]
Figs. 56 and 57 illustrate two specimens of rough masonry ovens seen at
Pescado. In one of these a decided horizontal arrangement of the stones
in the masonry prevails. The specimen at the right is small and rudely
constructed, showing but little care in the use of the building
material. The few specimens of dome ovens seen in Tusayan are
characterized by the same rudeness of construction noticed in their
house masonry. The rarity of this oven at Tusayan, where so many of the
constructions have retained a degree of primitiveness not seen
elsewhere, is perhaps an additional evidence of its foreign origin.
[Illustration: Plate LXXXI. Eastern rows of Zu?i.]
[Illustration: Fig. 58. Shrines in Mashongnavi.]
OVEN-SHAPED STRUCTURES.
In Tusayan, there are other structures, of rude dome-shape, likely to be
mistaken for some form of cooking device. Fig. 58 illustrates two
specimens of shrines that occur in courts of Mashongnavi.
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