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dwellings of the Southwest, the house roofs at Betatakin were flat 

 and furnished convenient workrooms as well as passages from one 



Fig. 83. — A late April snow at Betatakin camp. Snowstorms were of 

 almost weekly occurrence, from the beginning of the work until the last 

 of May. 



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Fig. 84. — View frum tiie central court, in the great ruin at i'aragonah. In 

 the foreground may be seen two fireplaces and charred fragments of three 

 of the posts which supported the roof of a temporary shelter. At this point, 

 seven distinct levels of occupancy were noted in six feet of court 

 accumulations. 



section of the puehlo to another. The new ladders, which form 

 connecting links between the several courts, were made of the 



