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THE CLIFF RUINS OF CANYON DE CHELLY (ETH. ANN. 16 
Fic. 21—Ground plan of ruin No. 32, Canyon de Chelly. 
side there is an opening ex- 
tending down to the floor 
level and opening directly 
on the sharply sloping 
rock. This feature will 
later be discussed at some 
length. The walls to the 
west of the kiva are still 
14 or 15 feet high, showing 
two stories, and were well 
constructed and smoothly 
plastered. The interior of 
the kiva shows a number 
of successive coats of plas- 
tering—at least eight. 
Immediately above the 
> Jast-mentioned ruin, and 
on the same ledge, occur 
the remains of a large 
settlement, shown in plan 
in figure 21. It will be 
noticed that here, as in 
some of the previous ex- 
amples described, the gen- 
eral arrangement consists 
of a row of rooms against 
the cliff, with the kivas in 
front. There were at least 
17 rooms in line, and there 
may have been as many as 
30 to 50 rectangular rooms 
in the village, scattered 
over an area nearly 200 
feet long by 65 feet wide, 
but not all of this area was 
covered. Three kivas are 
still clearly shown. 
This ruin is especially 
interesting on account of 
the site it occupies. The 
walls were placed on 
sharply sloping rock and 
in some cases on loose 
débris, and numerous ex- 
pedieuts were resorted to 
to prevent them from slip- 
ping down the slope. The 
