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vaged from other sections of the village; new willows were brought 

 in from the banks of the creek near camp. Upon the poles a layer of 

 willows was spread and tied with strips of yucca leaves; upon the 

 willows we placed a layer of cedar bark and covered it with dry sand. 

 Although in roof construction they invariably used mud as a cover- 

 ing for willows or reeds, the builders of Betatakin seem often to 

 have employed dry sand only in completing a roof in which cedar 

 bark formed the next but final layer. 



Room S2, northwest of and above room 31, also was utilized for 

 storage. Unworked native rock, quite uneven and sloping sharply 

 dowuAvard toward the south corner, sufficed as floor. In this slant- 

 ing surface a single pecked step occurs. A shallow, pecked beam 

 rest is noted on the cliff in the north corner; a few inches lower, but 

 outside the northeast wall, is a similar recess, 5 inches (0.12 m.) in 

 diameter by 21^ inches (0.06 m.) deep. It is conceivable that the 

 builder's plans were altered during construction. 



Through the middle east wall a 16 by 24 inch (0.40 by 0.61 m.) 

 door opens upon an irregular bench. Although its lintel had dis- 

 appeared both jambs are grooved: and the remains of willow loops 

 show at either side. 



In repairing this room we placed two adjacent beams parallel with 

 and next to the northwest, or cliff, wall ; a single beam was embedded 

 in the restored masonry near the southeast wall and three steps at 

 the east end were enlarged. 



RooTm 33^ on a ledge west of room 32, is yet another storeroom. Its 

 floor is of native rock, higher in the middle than at either end. One 

 peg protrudes from the upper southeast wall ; no doubt others were 

 formerly present. 



A door, 15 by 20 inches (0.38 by 0.50 m.), opens through the 

 middle southwest wall. Its south jamb is a stone slab on end; the 

 other, an upright stick embedded in adobe. Outside, both are rounded 

 off with mud and grooved for a door slab; holes at either side were 

 once occupied by willow loops. The lintel is a stone slab supported 

 • by six strips of wood; the sill consists of two slabs set at different 

 levels. The uppermost of these, 11 inches (0.27 m.) wide by 13 

 inches (0.33 m.) long, lies 6% inches (0.16 m.) above the lower; the 

 latter, 8 inches (0.20 m.) wide by 15 inches (0.38 m.) long, lies 7 

 inches above the general floor level. Outside this door the cliff 

 ledge forms a flat space approximately 2 by 4 feet (0.60 hj 1.2 m.). 



We placed two salvaged beams lengthwise of the room, seating 

 their ends in the restored upper northeast and southwest walls. 



Court 3 If. lies between rooms 26 and 31, in front of and below room 

 33. The face of the narrow ledge on which rooms 32-33 stand forms 

 its northwest side; at the west corner seven pecked steps lead up 

 and over this ledge to the roof of room 26. In the north corner three 



