Above, behind the
driftwood, is an unexcavated ruin near Betatakin.
Betatakin Ruins, Navajo National Monument(Page 1 of 2 - Go to page 2) |
| Betatakin Ruins are on the Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona. Accessible
by ranger-led
tours
only, it is a 5-mile round trip with steep switchbacks (700 foot
elevation change). Note: a significant
amount of
Betatakin ruins have been "stabilized" and/or "reconstructed." Above, behind the
driftwood, is an unexcavated ruin near Betatakin.
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| Though most of the rooms at Betatakin are constructed with shaped stone and mortar, a few rooms had stone walls on three sides and a jacal-constructed front wall. | |
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 Set of metates (flat stones) and manos (grinding stones) for grinding corn. The video at the visitor's center said at Betatakin, corn was ground in three successive stages to grind it finer. |
 We wondered if this was a fire deflector of some type. Note blackened walls from years of smoke from indoor fire. |
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