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of openings that give access to lower rooms. Occasional instances are 
seen in this pueblo in which an exaggerated height is given to the cop- 
ing, the result slightly approaching a square chimney in effect. Fig. 
95 illustrates an example of this form. 
Fig. 95. A Zufii roof opening, with raised coping. 
In Zuni, where many minor variations in the forms of roof openings 
occur, certain of these variations appear to be related to roof drainage. 
These have three sides crowned in the usual manner with coping stones 
Fig. 96. Zuni roof-openings, with one elevated end. 
laid flat, but the fourth side is formed by setting a thin slab on edge, as 
illustrated in Fig. 96. 
Fig. 94 also embodies two specimens of this form. 
