ART. 32 INDIAN VILLAGE SITE IN MISSISSIPPI COLLINS 5 



The inner trench A, which was 16 to 25 inches from B, was of 

 about the same width, but was slightly shallower, being only 12 

 inches deep. Like B, it contained a fill of mixed clay and black 

 earth in which the post holes, containing softer and blacker material, 

 were clearly distinguishable. Unlike the post holes in B, these were 

 of a uniform size, 6 to 8 inches in diameter and about 2 feet deep. 

 They were placed from 6 inches to 2 feet apart in no regular order. 

 On the west side was a break in the trench 5 feet wide, representing 

 the entrance, and corresponding exactly with the entrance in C. 

 Here again large post holes, 14 inches in diameter, were found. 



Within the inner circle A was a square outlined by four rows of 

 post holes 6 to 8 inches in diameter and placed 8 to 16 inches apart. 

 Within the square and almost exactly at the center of the outer circle 

 C was a large post hole, D, 15 inches in diameter and 22 inches deep. 

 Just to the west of it was a somewhat larger and more irregularly 

 shaped pit, E, 19 inches wide and 30 inches deep. This seemed to 

 have been a small fire pit, for it contained an almost solid fill of 

 ashes and refuse. Extending partly into the inner trench A on the 

 east side was a much larger fire pit, F, approximately circular in out- 

 line and about 6 feet in diameter. It extended also over the row of 

 post holes outlining the square inclosure. The fire pit was about 2 

 feet deep and was filled mostly with ashes, soil, and refuse. 



Both within and without the square inclosure were numerous post 

 holes, placed at random as indicated on the plan. 



HOUSE RING NO. 2 



Two other house rings were excavated at the Deasonville site. 

 No. 2, shown in Figure 2, was 27 feet north-northwest of No. 1. It 

 was 45 feet in diameter with an opening 40 inches wide on the west 

 side. Like the two inner trenches of House Ring No. 1, it con- 

 tained a mixture of rich black earth and clay. The trench had an 

 average width of 16 inches but was very shallow, no more than 3 

 inches at the deepest part. This was along the eastern periphery, 

 from which point the trench gradually decreased in depth until at 

 the northwest side it disappeared entirely, being traceable only by 

 the post holes which, sunk into the subsoil, continued across the 

 break. The reduction of the trench and its total disappearance at 

 this one place is due to water erosion, which has produced a general 

 lowering of this section of the field. 



The post holes in the bottom of the trench were placed about 3 

 feet apart and were of a uniform size, about 6 inches in diameter 

 and 16 inches deep. 



Within the circular inclosure was a square outlined by post holes 

 as shown on the plan. These were of the same size and depth as 



