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It is not unreasonable to suppose that rooms 118-121 were origi- 

 nally 2-story buildings. 



Room 12"2. Obviously a later addition, this structure was built 

 across the old trail on the sloping cave floor north of room 68. The 

 north half of its floor area, of native rock, was worked down some- 

 what; the remainder consists of adobe mud spread over a debris 

 fill. The masonry walls, which had entirely disappeared, were 

 partially restored in 1917. (PI. 24, A.) 



East of room 122 and abutting the north wall of room 70 an ar- 

 tificial terrace forms a landing at the foot of the step series leading 

 past room 73 to the upper east house group. Following construction 

 of room 122 its roof may have been crossed by aid of ladders or the 

 old trail may have been abandoned in favor of the pecked steps one 

 notes higher up the slope. 



Room 123 is situated on the front edge of the slope, east of room 

 71 and below the trail past room 73. Seatings for its missing walls 

 are not at once apparent, but the rock surface has been battered away 

 somewhat and still shoAvs the stains of smoke and ashy deposits. 



The rather precipitous cave floor between rooms 123 and 76 was 

 mostly covered at the beginning of our work by large masses of 

 sandstone, fallen from the cave roof. On this slope is space for at 

 least six large rooms. 



Room 12Jt.^ in the upper east end of the cave, is evidenced by smoke 

 stains and wall adobe adhering to the north, or cliff, side. Owing in 

 part to seepage at this point the masonry has wholly disintegrated. 



The narrow ledge extending west from this room would seem to 

 have offered desirable house sites, yet no indication of masonry was 

 found beneath the huge masses of sandstone we removed. (PL 20, A.) 

 One might infer from this omission that at least part of the broken 

 rock had accumulated prior to or during occupancy of this upper 

 east terrace. 



Room 126. Portions of the east wall were present ; masonry which 

 doubtless once rose to the ceiling level stood against the north, or 

 cliff, side. The south wall appears to have been of wattle ; through 

 it a door must have opened upon the artificial terrace above room 

 77. Next the cliff the rock surface had been worked down to a 

 uniform floor level. 



In front of room 125 is a narrow walk, supported by a retaining 

 wall which meanders from this point to the cliff beyond room 81. 

 (PL 19, B.) 



RooTTb 126 lies between rooms 125 and 127. The masonry of its 

 east and west walls abuts the cliff; the south wall is of wattle with 

 a door in the middle. At the base of the cliff a masonry bench, 15 

 inches (0.38 m.) wide by 17 inches (0.43 m.) high, extends the entire 

 width of the room. The artificial floor lies 8 inches (0.20 m.) below 



