ART. 5 EXCAVATION AND EEPAIR OF BETATAKIN JUDD 23 



the wattled wall. Seatings for 10 crosspoles appear on the north- 

 east side. 



Three feet eight inches (1.11 m.) from the west corner a door, 18 

 inches (0.45 m.) wide and 10 inches (0.25 m.) above the floor, opens 

 through the wattled wall into court 24. Against its inner north jamb 

 stands a shattered masonry abutment, 9 inches (0.22 m.) thick. This 

 joined the wall to a now missing fire screen which stood in front of 

 the door to shield a fireplace, 24 inches (0.61 m.) in diameter by 5 

 inches (0.13 m.) deep, pecked into the rock floor. A subfloor cist 3 

 feet (0.91 m.) deep, about 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m.) in diameter and 

 lined with rough masonry, occupies the east corner of the dwelling. 



In the northwest wall, 19 inches (0.48 m.) from the west corner 

 and 13 inches (0.33 m.) above the floor, is a pecked recess measuring 

 4 inches (0.10 m.) square by 4 inches deep. A second recess of equal 

 size and comparable depth lies in the northeast wall, 3 feet 6 inches 

 (1.1 m.) from the north corner and 14 inches (0.35 m.) above the 

 floor. A peg protrudes at an angle from the north half of the 

 wattled southwest wall. In the upper southeast wall, near the east 

 corner, is a 7 by 9 inch (0.17 by 0.22 m.) opening whose external 

 dimensions are 5 by 6 inches (0.13 by 0.15 m.). A former ventilator, 

 now blocked, about 11 inches (0.27 m.) wide by 14 inches (0.35 m.) 

 high, is discernible at the floor level in the middle southeast wall. 



Room 26, built upon an upper terrace northwest of and overlook- 

 ing room 25, was used for storage purposes. Its rock floor slopes 

 unevenly downward toward the southeast. Although the roof is 

 missing, two pecked beam rests are noted in the northwest cliff ; tim- 

 bers protrude slightly from room 25. In the south corner three 

 jutting stones in the northwest wall and two in that adjoining served 

 as steps to a former hatchway. 



In 1917 we substituted other timbers for the two missing beams 

 and laid a hewn plank lengthwise of the room to facilitate access 

 between courts 24 and 34. 



On the cliff about 6 feet (1.82 m.) above the roof level of room 

 26 are four pairs of holes — shallow, pecked depressions connected by 

 drilling. Two of these pairs are still occupied by small willows 

 which protrude at right angles from the upper member. Like similar 

 holes elsewhere on the walls of Betatakin cave, these were obviously 

 prepared for suspension of maize, herbs, or equally light articles. 

 They could hardly have been intended for loom cords since they 

 are unequally spaced and the smaller pairs would not have resisted 

 the tension required. 



Room S7, a dwelling between rooms 25 and 100, stands below and 

 in front of court 34. The cliff, surmounted by 18 inches (0.45 m.) 

 of stonework, forms its northwest side; the southeast wall is of 



