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Room 21^ the longest in Betatakin, may also have served for stor- 

 age, since its walls bear no trace of smoke. The sandstone cliff,, 

 capped with about 14 inches (0.35 m.) of masonry, forms its 

 northwest wall; those adjoining on the northeast and southwest 

 have been cracked by settling of the ledge on which the room stands. 

 The floor is mostly native rock. 



Four northwest-southeast beams supported the roof. Of thiSy 

 only two cross poles now remain; upon them, in the west corner^ 

 are willows and cedar bark. Five wall pegs are noted, broken off 

 flush with the masonry. Lacking evidence to the contrary, we as- 

 sume the hatchway — sole entrance to the room — was located in the 

 south corner, as in room 20. 



The southeast wall we anchored to the cliff with a single steel 

 rod. The north end of this, provided with an expansion bolt, was 

 set in a drilled hole and packed with cement. In addition, we re- 

 paired the upper walls and replaced a missing beam. No effort was 

 made to complete the roof. 



Room 22, probably a kiva, adjoins room 21 and occupies the same 

 terrace. Its northwest wall is formed by the face of the next 

 higher ledge, topped by 2 feet of masonry. The lower three-fourths 

 of all four walls are plastered and heavily smoked ; the floor, mostly 

 native rock, was worked down in the south corner to within 6 inches 

 of the general level. Without lateral doors the chamber necessarily 

 was entered through a hatchway. 



Two northwest-southeast beams supported the roof; seven pecked 

 rests for cross poles appear in the masonry of the southwest wall. 

 At the floor level a 9 by 7 inch (0.22 by O.lY m.) ventilator opens 

 through the southeast wall 38 inches (0.97 m.) from the south cor- 

 ner. Extending into the room from the east jamb of this vent is a 

 deflector slab, 17 inches (0.43 m.) wide by 16 inches (0.40 m.) high; 

 at its northeast base lies a broken, stone-lined fireplace. 



Two pecked steps at the west end of the northwest wall were 

 doubtless cut before construction of the room ; another " step," 6 

 inches (0.15 m.) wide by 4 inches (0,10 m.) high by 1 inch (0.025 

 m.) deep, appears in the middle of the same wall, 21 inches (0.53 m.) 

 above the floor. Near by is a partially demolished shelf, 5 inches 

 (0.12 m.) wide by 8 inches (0.20 m.) long, built of adobe on a nar- 

 row surface. One wall peg protrudes from the northeast side. 



A rock ledge extending the entire length of the southwest wall 

 was leveled in front with masonry to form a bench, 16 inches (0.40 

 m.) wide by 25 inches (0,64 m.) high. Four sandstone slabs surface 

 this bench, the face of which had been battered by stone hammers 

 and subsequently plastered. The crack caused by settling away of 

 the terrace on which rooms 20-23 were built had been filled through- 



