ART. 5 EXCAVATION" AND REPAIR, OP BETATAKIN JTJDD 39 



one takes these two openings as the distinguishing feature of room 

 66, its correct position relative to its neighbors will be that shown 

 by our Plate 3. 



The upper story of this structure had burned during occupancy 

 for the charred beams and willows of its original roof still show in 

 the wall masonry 3 feet 10 inches (1.2 m.) above its floor. Subse- 

 quently, a new ceiling was constructed approximately 6 inches (0.15 

 m.) above the remains of the earlier. Only one door occurs and 

 that in the west wall, near the southwest corner; it measures 18 

 inches (0.45 m.) wide by 31 inches (0.78 m.) high. Two feet inside 

 this door and 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m.) from the south wall is a 

 skb-lined fireplace, 13 by 24 inches (0.33 by 0.61 m.) by 9 inches 

 (0.22 m.) deep ; it was protected by a wattled firescreen whose charred 

 willows are still visible. Between this screen and the door, 4 inches 

 (0.10 m.) below the sill, is a platform measuring 20 inches (0.51 m.) 

 wide by 8 inches (0.20 m.) high; on the south side of this, joining 

 screen and west wall, one notes the frag-ment of an upright slab 

 which once served as a secondar}^ deflector. In the middle south 

 wall, 3 feet 5 inches (1.04 m.) above the floor, is a 6-inch square 

 smoke vent. 



During our 1917 repairs we replaced one of the missing upper 

 beams and added split sticks and a stone lintel to the broken west 

 door. The adobe floor was patched where needed; the walls, re- 

 capped. 



Beneath room 66 is an unexcavated, debris-filled chamber whose 

 floor area, on account of the sloping cliff, is considerably less than 

 that of the upper story. In the north half of the lower west wall 

 is a partially blocked door. (PL 9 B.) While some of the closing 

 stones may have been removed within recent years, the writer seems 

 to recall that this particular opening was in much the same condi- 

 tion when Betatakin was discovered by Professor Cummings in 

 1909. We presumed to close it completely in 1917. 



Room 67 is a narrow building, east of room 66, Only a decayed 

 fragment of its south wall remained and this we replaced in 1917. 

 The adjoining sides had entirely disappeared; no grooves were 

 present to mark their former positions. The north wall, about 

 5 feet (1.5 m.) long, was doubtless a continuation of that in room 66. 



Room 68. Of this structure no trace survived except the battered 

 cliff edge, east of room 67. Here the south wall had stood ; the east 

 and west sides doubtless continued from those in room 122, which 

 lies next on the north. 



Room. 70 formerly rested precariously on the cliff edge, east of 

 rooms 68 and 122. Pecked wall seatings give the approximate di- 

 mensions recorded in the table on page 73. The stonework had en- 



