crescentically

Roberts (1930) describes three different kinds of post-and-mud structures in the Piedra district, east of the Mesa Verde, each kind grouped crescentically about the north and west edges of the pit that supplied mud for house walls.

The Architecture of Pueblo Bonito : 1964

This original house cluster, occupying the slight elevation where a Pueblo I pit village formerly stood, expanded crescentically to right and left as new homes were required.

The Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito 1954

Old Bonito, separated from later accretions, consists of a double row of rectangular rooms, grouped crescentically and facing southeast

The Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito 1954

Buildings I, II, and III were aggregations of post-and-mud rooms arranged crescentically with dwellings in front, storerooms at the rear.

The Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito 1954