NAVAJO
The Excavation and Repair of Betatakin
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ILLUSTRATIONS (continued)
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Plate 11. A (top), The northeast wall of Court 24, at the
left, before restoration. B (bottom), Two-story Room 66 and
near-by buildings stand at the extreme right.
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Plate 12. A (top), The wattled northeast wall of Court 28,
from the west. B (bottom), Navajo Indian repairing the
wattled wall of Court 24.
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Plate 13. A (top), Willows, cedar bark, and sand made a new
roof for Room 31. B (bottom), Room 44, from the west; beyond,
the lower seepage zone and trail.
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Plate 14. A (top), Repairing the south wall of Room 48,
view taken from Room 47. B (bottom), The northeast wall
of Court 45 ended in a channel, pecked in the cliff.
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Plate 15. A (top), The central house cluster, from Room
75, in the middle distance, two men stand in Room 51. B
(bottom), Blown sand soon settled on the bared seepage
zone above the main cross-cave trail.
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Plate 16. A (top), The northwest wall of Rooms 64-65
(which later collapsed) with beam holes marking the floor
level of the second-story chamber. B (bottom), Many
Betatakin walls were erected upon such shallow, pecked steps
as these, at the southeast end of Rooms 101-102.
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Plate 17. A (top), Platform 58 and Room 59 stand above
the sloping sites of Rooms 57 and 60. B (bottom), At
the right, new wall rests await reconstruction of Rooms 60
and 64.
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Plate 18. A (top), Reconstructing the northeast wall
of Room 60. B (bottom), The partially restored walls
of Rooms 56, 57, and 60.
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Plate 19. A (top), The upper east house group before excavation.
Room 78 shows prominently in the middle distance. B (bottom),
Rooms 78-81, after restoration. In the right foreground, the repaired
west wall of Rooms 76-77.
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Plate 20. A (top), Houses of the northeast group had been
demolished by huge blocks of fallen sandstone as this view, from
Room 81, plainly shows. B (bottom), In the foreground,
the restored walk fronting Rooms 78-81; at the lower left, the
side walls of Rooms 76-77.
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Last Updated: 26-Jun-2008
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