proaoii pos s ible. 
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In the typical cliff dwelling of this 
olass, the entire floor of the niehe is occupied, the doorway 
giving entrance through the outer wall, which is built up ver¬ 
tically from the brink of the rocky shelf, or rises one, two, 
or more stories in height, or to the rocky roof where this is 
low and overhanging 
In the larger shelters the buildings 
are much diversified in plan and elevation owing to irregular¬ 
ities in the conformation of the floor and walls. The first 
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floor was the rock surface,^ and upper floors were constructed 
of poles set in the masonry, often projecting through the 
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111 and overlaid with smaller poles and willows, finished 
above with adobe cement. Some of the rooms in the larger 
buildings cere rouncx, corresponding to the kivas, or oeremon- 
iaj. chambers, oi the lowland pueblos. The masonry is excel¬ 
lent, tne rather small stones, gathered in many cases from 
distant sites, beirg laid in a da fe e mortar. The stones were 
rarely dressed, but were carefully selected, so that the wall 
