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Room 63 is a small storeroom adjoining room 59, above and north- 

 west of room 64-65. The cliff at the rear rises vertically to the 

 gallery wall. As with rooms 58 and 59 a masonry foundation on 

 the southeast side rose to the floor level ; of the northeast wall, only 

 a few stones remained in position. In 1917 we added several courses 

 to these two fragmentary walls. 



Northeast of room 63 the ledge upon which it stands bears sev- 

 eral grooves where stone axes were whetted; farther along, this 

 ledge narrows and disappears. But the line of cleavage continues 

 as a seepage zone from which, in 191T, rippled a fluffy green band of 

 columbine. A second similar band grew down slope, on a parallel 

 seepage extending eastwardly from room 53. Over and below this 

 lower seep, wind-blown earth and sand had gathered to a depth of 

 3 feet (0.91 m.) ; in this grew several oaks and box eiders, from 3 to 

 5 inches in diameter. The decaying trunks of others were disclosed 

 during removal of the accumulation. 



Room 6Jf-65. Of this structure only one wall was standing in 1917. 

 (PI. 16 A.) The lower story, quite V-shaped, might have been 

 utilized for storage; with equal plausibility, it could have been 

 packed with rubbish. Pecked grooves and steps as former wall 

 rests and a difference in floor coloration marked the house site. 

 Where once covered by masonry, the slanting sandstone remained 

 unsoiled ; elsewhere it was darkened by ash and debris of occupation. 

 As in other structures similarly situated, the floor level of the 

 lower room is now represented by a battered and partially excavated 

 cliff section from which an adobe-surfaced, rubbish fill formerly ex- 

 tended to the front wall. This latter had been erected above a 

 pecked groove 2 feet 8 inches (0.81 m.) lower on the slope than the 

 southeast wall of room 60-61, which adjoins on the west. 



Before construction of the dwelling several dissociated steps had 

 been pecked on this lower slope. These were never actually used as 

 wall seatings, although they may have been intended as such. There 

 is also the possibility that they served as foot rests during building 

 operations or as earlier trails across the precipitous cave floor. 



Upon specially prepared cuts we reconstructed so much of the 

 front and side walls as would indicate the original position and size 

 of this room. (Pis. 17 and 18.) 



Room 66 is identified as a second-story dwelling in the lower, 

 middle portion of the cave. We find here a certain discrepancy in 

 the Douglass ground plan. Therein, room 66 is shown as a 1-story 

 house separated from a 2-story structure (K. 68-69) by narrow room 

 67. As a matter of fact, room 68 is barely traceable ; room 66 is the 

 only one of the three chambers having two doors in its west wall. 

 One of these occurs in the first story ; the other, in the second. If 



