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door, 12 inches above the floor, measured 19 by 22 inches (0.48 by 

 0.56 m.) ; its protruding lintel slab formed a shelf 4 inches (0.10 m.) 

 wide by 22 inches (0.56 m.) long. Below the sill and next the south 

 wall is a ventilator, 8 inches (0.20 m.) square, apparently cut through 

 after the door was blocked. 



On the cliff above the former roof level is a white painted figure 

 which Cummings (1915, p. 277) identifies as a " Slayer god"; near 

 by, a typical Pueblo conception of a mountain sheep. (PL 29, A.) 



Room 90, occupying a narrow ledge north of room 89, was utilized 

 for storage purposes. Of its walls only a few courses remain. At 

 the north end two beam rests had been pecked in the cliff 3 feet 6 

 inches (1.06 m.) above the ledge surface; no others were noted. 



On the same ledge, but north of room 90, three grooves were worn 

 by patient sharpening of stone axes. Two shallow steps, without 

 apparent purpose, are noted on the cliff' face. 



Room 91. Only a small fragment of the north wall remains. The 

 room is still unexcavated ; undisturbed and much- weathered rocks lie 

 at the southeast, close below the northwest corner of room 90. 



It seems doubtful that this room could have been so large as 

 Douglass represents or that the retaining wall he shows could have 

 extended all the way to room 94. 



Room 92 lies below and slightly south of room 85, on a narrow 

 ledge which has settled outward 10 or 12 inches. The west wall, 

 built on the terrace edge, has fallen ; sheer cliff forms the north and 

 east sides. A pecked beam rest may be noted in the north wall, 6 

 feet (1.82 m.) above the floor; on the adjacent cliff one observes 

 the marks of rubbed implements and numerous daubs of variously 

 colored mud, but no smoke stains. Near by, just above the south 

 wall, is the white imprint of a small hand. The room floor is the 

 unworked ledge surface. A door opened through the south wall at 

 the southwest corner. 



Room 93, a small dwelling, was built south of room 92 and on 

 the same ledge. The north and south walls are of masonry; the 

 west has disappeared. Smoke stains are discernible. The south 

 half of the floor had been pecked down to a depth of 23 inches 

 (0.58 m.) ; in the face of this cut, under the south wall masonry, 

 are two vertical grooves about three-fourths of an inch wide. Marks 

 left by sharpening of stone tools show plainly in the rock floor. 



A north door gave access to room 92 ; near by a circular fireplace^ 

 19 inches (0.48 m.) in diameter, was pecked into the ledge surface. 

 From the near door jamb a masonry wall extended to the east cliffy 

 forming a triangular bin in the northeast corner; against the inner 

 face of this wall is a thin, upright slab. 



Room 9.!f. No walls are now visible, but seven pecked beam rests- 

 appear in the east side, below the ledge on which room 92 stands. 



