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these finished wall ends suggest for room T a southeast corner door 

 extending from floor to ceiling. (PI. 8, B.) Such an entrance would 

 be most unusual ; none like it is observed elsewhere in Betatakin nor, 

 indeed, can I recall having seen one in any other prehistoric Pueblo 

 village. 



At the outer northwest corner, just below the roof level, a single 

 step had been pecked in the cliff face. 



Room 8 is merely a recessed platform, 20 inches wide by 6 feet long 

 (0.51 by 1.82 m.), formed by a convex wall on a ledge above the 

 northwest corner of room 7. (PL 7, A, B.) Externally this wall 

 stands 26 inches high to the solid rock floor ; there is no trace of upper 

 wall masonry. 



Room 9. The remains of a small storeroom opposite the northeast 

 corner of room 7 ; outside of and below the retaining wall of court 10. 

 It is shown but not numbered on Douglass's ground plan. 



Court 10 y long and narrow, lies between rooms 7 and 11; it is 

 formed by the irregular retaining wall which extends from the south 

 corner of room 11 to the east side of room 3. This wall appears not 

 to have stood more than 1 foot above the court floor ; the latter con- 

 sists mostly of native rock, with a debris fill along the east side. 

 Shallow, close-lying steps on the uneven rock surface next the cliff 

 were probably pecked by children at play. Opposite the northeast 

 corner of room 7 and fronting rooms 3 and 4 the retaining wall had 

 largely disappeared prior to 1909 ; elsewhere it is still well preserved. 

 At the northeast corner of room 4 the walk formed by this wall was 

 extremely narrow. 



Against the retaining wall and 5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m.) from room 

 11 is a fireplace measuring 20 by 34 by 12 inches deep (0.51 by 0.86 by 

 0.31 m.). In the east corner, with its sill at the court level, a 10 by 11 

 inch (0.25 by 0.27 m.) vent opens downward into room 11. Nearby, 

 the fragment of a small post stands against the inclosing wall. 



At the north end of court 10 a slender pine pole, 30-35 feet long, 

 gave access to the gallery ledge above. (PI. 26, A.) The ladder 

 leading to the roof of room 11 is one we substituted for steps pecked 

 in the cliff at the north corner. 



Room 11 is one of the most interesting chambers in Betatakin, 

 since it obviously is an old dwelling, remodeled for ceremonial pur- 

 poses. Next the cliff wall is a ceiling beam whose west end rests on 

 a shelf of masonry ; two other beams, with butt ends opposite, lie side 

 by side across the middle room. On these timbers are 25 cross poles, 

 overlain by layers of willows, cedar bark, and sand. Where the cross 

 poles were too short to reach from the southeast wall to the cliff two 

 were placed together, butt ends opposite. The lower third of the 

 southwest wall and the lower half of the southeast and northeast walls 



