NAVAJO
The Excavation and Repair of Betatakin
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Plate 1. Betatakin blends naturally with the walls of its
vast cave. (1926 photograph, by courtesy of Dr. A. E. Douglass)
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Plate 2. Map showing the three units of Navajo National Monument
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Plate 3. Ground plan of Betatakin ruin
(click on image for a PDF version)
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Plate 4. A (top), Trail scene in Segi Canyon in August, 1908.
B (bottom), Approaching Betatakin ruin on March 27, 1917.
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Plate 5. A (top), Blanketed with snow, camp was a dismal
place. B (bottom), Waiting for whatever the cook might
provide.
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Plate 6. A (top), The principal house group before excavation,
as viewed from Room 75. Room 66 stands at the lower right. B
(bottom), Above Rooms 66 and 117, in the right foreground,
one notes the seepage zone which formerly watered diverse vegetation.
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Plate 7. A (top), The door of Room 6 and, on the right margin,
the convex foundation of Room 8. B (bottom), Rooms 3-7 and the
near-by retaining wall, as viewed from the roof of Room 20.
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Plate 8. A (top), A small pole formed a secondary jamb for
the door to Room 18. B (bottom), The problematic, unusual
door in the southeast corner of Room 7.
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Plate 9. A (top), Room 17 boasts the best preserved wattled
wall in Betatakin, at its top is a fresh patch of adobe mud. B
(bottom), Here is shown the partly blocked first-story door of
Room 66 and the shadowed fireplace in Room 121.
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Plate 10. A (top), Building stones were salvaged from the
talus slope and passed up for use in wall repairs. B (bottom),
Room 20, from the southwest, showing above the workman, a steel
plate and anchor rod.
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Last Updated: 26-Jun-2008
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