646 



PR0CEEDIN08 OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



It is quite evident that much of the fragmentary pottery and 

 sandstone now exposed on the surface was thrown out of the excava- 

 tion when the reservoir was formed. And since that time, aided by 

 the lack of vegetation, the rain has washed away the greater part of 

 the earth and ashes, allowing the masses of stone and earthenware to 

 remain uncovered. 



A profile and section of the space extending from ^ to 5 on figure 2, 

 is shown in figure 3. As stated above, the excavation at B reached 

 the undisturbed clay at a depth of about 6 feet. Resting upon the 

 clay were several pieces of "cloth marked" pottery, small fragments 

 of large vessels. The excavation at A was carried down several feet 

 below the surface of undisturbed clay. Resting upon the clay was 

 a mass of broken pottery nearly 18 inches in thickness. The frag- 



-The Salt Spring A on Fig. 1. The stippled area represents 



WITH SALT AND BARREN OF VEGETATION. 



THE GROIIND IMPREGNATED 



ments were, for the most part, in a horizontal position, and rested one 

 upon another in such a manner as to form practically a solid stratum. 

 Above this was an accumulation of ashes, charcoal, and a few animal 

 bones, many of the latter having been cracked, probably for the 

 extraction of the marrow. An excavation C (fig. 2), on the line 

 between A and B, reached the undisturbed clay at a depth of 2 feet 

 6 inches. The upper 6 inches consisted of soil, broken sandstone, 

 etc., below which, to a depth of 2 feet, was a stratum of wood ashes, 

 charcoal, and fragmentary pottery. Connecting the three points at 

 wliich the undisturbed clay was encountered in the excavations at 

 A, B, and C, the original surface of the site, before the periods of 

 Indian and white occupancy, is clearly indicated. This is shown 

 by a dotted Une on figure 3. 



