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19. A. The upp'er, east house group before excavation. Room 78 shows 



prominently in the middle distance. B. Rooms 78-81, after res- 

 toration. In the right foreground, the repaired west wall of • 

 rooms 76-77 78 



20. A. Houses of the northeast group had been demolished by huge 



blocks of fallen sandstone as this view, from room 81, plainly 

 shows. B. In the foreground, the restored walk fronting rooms 

 78-81 ; at the lower left, the side waUs of rooms 76-77 7S 



21. A. Massive sandstone slabs had crushed the roof of room 79. B. The 



east retaining wall looks down upon rooms 82-85 78 



22. A. The wattled east wall of room 82 and, beyond, the broken west 



masonry of rooms 75-76. B. Pecked grooves and steps on these 

 bared slopes evidence the former presence of other dwellings 78 



23. A. Walls and mealing bins of room 117, restored ; above, the principal 



cross-cave trail. B. The plastered north shelf and corner bench 



in room 55. Viewed from the east 78 



24. A. In the foreground, restored room 122 ; at the upper left, room 73 



stands on the old stepped trail. B. For repairing the east house 

 group, mud was dragged up the slope from court 83 78 



25. The eastern house group occupied two separate terraces and the slope 



between. Restored room 117, at the lower left 78 



26. A. A slender pole formerly provided access to the gallery ledge. 



B. In court 10, a ladder replaces steps pecked in the cliff TS 



27. A. A notched cedar now stands in the north corner of court 13. 



B. Ladder and stone steps at the north corner of court 24 78 



28. A. View from court 28, across the south wall of room 39 to rooms 



1-3, in the far crevice. B. Wise explorers will indulge a cook's 

 whim for gloves and Spanish spurs 78 



29. A. Painted figures on the cliff above rooms 89-90. B. Rooms 86-89, 



from the north end of room 90 78 



80. Across the canyon from Betatakin is a.n incipient cave, too shallow 



for human occupacy 78 



31. Metate or mealing stone. Manos, or hand stones, used on metates 78 



32. Axes, mauls, and smoothing stones 78 



33. Drilled oak board and billets of Cottonwood 78 



34. Cottonwood staves, oak digging sticks, and willow potrests 78 



35. Miscellaneous artifacts of wood 78 



36. Drill, wooden awls, spindle shafts, and whorls 78 



37. Toothed implements and cord-wrapped sticks 78 



38. Bone awls and scrapers 78 



39. Brushes, cord, and cotton rags 78 



40. Twilled sandals (1 and 2 show the same specimen, top and bottom 



views) 78 



41. Wickerwork sandals 78 



42. Baskets 78 



43. Twilled baskets 78 



44. Cradle — front view—^ 78 



45. Cradle — ^back view 78 



46. Earthenware vessels 78 



