NAVAJO
The Excavation and Repair of Betatakin
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Plate 21. A (top), Massive sandstone slabs had crushed the
roof of Room 79. B (bottom), The east retaining wall looks
down upon Rooms 82-85.
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Plate 22. A (top), The wattled wast wall of Room 82 and,
beyond, the broken west masonry of Rooms 75-76. B (bottom),
Pecked groves and steps on these bared slopes evidence the former
presence of other dwellings.
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Plate 23. A (top), Walls and mealing bins of Room 117,
restored; above, the principal cross-cave trail. B (bottom),
The plastered north shelf and corner bench in Room 55, viewed from
the east.
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Plate 24. A (top), In the foreground, restored Room 122: at
the upper left, Room 73 stands on the old stepped trail. B
(bottom), For repairing the east house group, mud was
dragged up the slope from Court 83.
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Plate 25. A (top), The eastern house group occupied two
separate terraces and the slope between. Restored Room 117,
at the lower left. (1926 photograph, by courtesy of Dr. A. E.
Douglass).
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Plate 26. A (top), A slender pole formerly provided access
to the gallery ledge. B (bottom), In Court 10, a ladder
replaces steps pecked in the cliff.
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Plate 27. A (top), A notched cedar now stands in the
north corner of Court 13. B (bottom), Ladder and
stone steps at the north corner of Court 24.
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Plate 28. A (top), View from Court 28, across the
south wall of Room 39 to Rooms 1-3, in the far crevice.
B (bottom), Wise explorers will indulge a cook's
whim for gloves and Spanish spurs.
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Plate 29. A (top), Painted figures on the cliff
above Rooms 89-90. B (bottom), Rooms 86-89, from
the north end of Room 90.
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Plate 30. Across the canyon from Betatakin is an incipient
cave, too shallow for human occupancy. (1926 photograph,
by courtesy of Dr. A. E. Douglass).
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Last Updated: 26-Jun-2008
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