AET.32 INDIAN VILLAGE SITE IN MISSISSIPPI COLLINS 



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other post holes at more or less regular intervals within the trenches, 

 extending through the refuse and into the clay subsoil below. 



An outline of the trenches and post holes is shown in Figure 1. 

 The outer trench, C, averaged 19 inches in width, although at some 



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20/^7" 



FiGUBB 1. — Plan of House Ring No. 1. Broken lines indicate unexcavated areas 



places it was as wide as 25 inches. It was filled throughout with 

 rich black earth containing quantities of potsherds, animal bones, 

 and mussel shells; the shells of the small box terrapin {Terrapene 

 Carolina Lin.) were especially numerous. Extending below the bot- 

 tom of the trench for a total depth of more than 3 feet (including 



