ART. 5 EXCAVATIOISr AND REPAIR OF BETATAKIN JUDD 11 



Fire stains on the cliff at the outer southeast corner mark: the 

 position of an open fireplace. 



Room 6, above room 5, probably served also for storage. Its walls 

 are unsmoked ; its floor, smooth and hard. The cliff forms its south 

 and west sides, while the other two are composed of small, irregular 

 stones laid in quantities of adobe mud, chinked with sandstone spalls. 

 The outer east wall, smooth and regular, is superior to most Beta- 

 takin masonry; the outer north wall is plastered. (PI. 7, A.) 



Paralleling the south cliff wall is a single large ceiling beam, the 

 west end of which rests on a narrow wedge of masonry, built in a 

 crevice. This south beam supports one end of a timber which 

 parallels the west cliff, and the latter beam, in turn, supports the 

 ends of 14 cross poles. Above these is a thick layer of willows with 

 adobe mud spread directly upon it to complete the roof. Six central 

 cross poles have been broken by rock falling from the overhanging 

 cliff. 



A door through the middle north wall measures 18 by 24 inches 

 (0.46 by 0.61 m.). Its lintel includes four sticks and a large sand- 

 stone block ; its sill is a well-worn slab showing two shallow grooves 

 where axes were sharpened. This sill and both outer jambs are 

 deeply grooved for the door slab characteristic of storerooms; on 

 each side is a willow loop for wooden fasteners. An inset step, T% 

 inches (0.19 m.) wide by 3 inches (0.076 m.) high by 21/2 inches 

 (0.063 m.) deep, lies in the outer north wall 19 inches (0.48 m.) 

 below the door sill and 17 inches (0.43 m.) above the roof of room 7. 

 A similar step, 4 by 1% by 2 inches, lies upon the lintel slab, 24 

 inches below the roof of room 6. The protruding end of the west 

 beam doubtless served as an additional step. 



Room 7, adjoining room 5 on the north, is a dwelling whose west 

 wall is formed by the cliff. Its floor is mostly solid rock^ but the 

 east third was filled in to a depth of from 6 to 18 inches. Two north- 

 south beams support a ceiling of 18 cross poles overlain with willows 

 and cedar bark. One of the cross poles was spliced, its two portions 

 being tied with yucca strips; three cross poles extend only from the 

 central beam to the east wall. Of equal interest is the fact that the 

 west beam, hewn off on top, was braced in the middle by a post rest- 

 ing on a sandstone block. A former hatchway, 3 feet 3 inches 

 (0.99 m.) from the north wall, is evidenced by the cut ends of several 

 cross poles showing in the broken roof of the southeast quarter. 



Abutting the outer northeast corner of room 5 is a section of 

 masonry, 20 inches (0.51 m.) wide, the perpendicular east end of 

 which is slightly convex, carefully chinked with numerous spalls, and 

 plastered over as though to form a door jamb. Similar treatment is 

 noted for the upper south end of the broken east wall. Together, 



