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the cave floor just south of this room are two grooves where axes 

 were sharpened. Here the cliff drops sharply away, perhaps 25 feet 

 (7.62 m.), to rooms 83-85; down this slope debris had been thrown 

 from the upper dwellings. 



Room 82 stands on the cliff edge in the lower east part of the 

 cave. (PL 21, B.) Its east wall is of wattle ; the others of masonry. 

 All four walls were plastered their full height; all are heavily 

 smoked. The ceiling beams lay north and south. 



A door with the usual slab sill divided the wattled east wall. 

 Against each inner jamb stands an upright slab, that at the north 

 being 18 inches (0.45 m.) high by 18 inches wide; that at the south, 

 7 inches (0.17 m.) high by 22 inches (0.56 m.) wide. These appear 

 to have abutted a slab fire screen, now missing, A fireplace, 18 inches 

 (0.45 m.) square by 8 inches (0.20 m.) deep, lies 2 feet 6 inches 

 (0.76 m.) from the east side. In the middle south wall, 3 feet 

 (0.91 m.) above the floor, is an 8 by 11 inch (0.20 by 0.27 m.) open- 

 ing whose outer dimensions are reduced to 4 b}/^ 10 inches (0.10 by 

 0.25 m.). 



Our 1917 efforts included repair of the wattled east wall and 

 replacement of the adjacent ceiling beam (pi. 22, B) ; miscellaneous 

 patching and resurfacing of the three masonry walls; restoration 

 of the fireplace and partial reconstruction of the north wall as a 

 support for an extramural platform or walk, 2 feet (0.60 m.) wide 

 and 3 feet (0.91 m.) above the room floor. 



Court 83 lies between rooms 82 and 84, on the cliff edge in the 

 lower east end of the cave. Its south wall was relatively low ; oppo- 

 site this the cliff slopes down to form part of the court floor, the 

 remainder being filled with debris and surfaced with adobe a fev/ 

 inches above that of room 82. A fireplace, 19 by 23 inches (0.48 by 

 0.58 m.) b}^ 8 inches (0.20 m.) deep, lies against the middle south- 

 east wall. At each end of this wall a single step had been cut into 

 the masonry. In the north corner a series of four pecked steps leads 

 to the platform between room 82 and the cliff. 



We repaired the wattled west wall by tying horizontal willows to 

 those still standing between the posts ; no plaster was added. 



Roo']n 8Ii.^ a storeroom, adjoins court 83 on the southeast. All four 

 walls are of masonry; that at the northeast stands on a narrow 

 ledge, 3 feet 6 inches (1.06 m.) from the cliff, the space between 

 being filled with debris. Two ceiling beams support nine cross 

 poles with layers of willows and cedar bark. On the northeast side 

 is a 16 by 20 inch (0.40 by 0.51 m.) hatchway, once covered by a 

 door slab; in the masonry beneath this opening are three pecked 

 steps. No wall pegs are present. The most unusual feature of this 

 granary is the fact that it is floored with sandstone slabs, set in 

 adobe mud. 



