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roots would undoubtedly have destroyed the old strata lines, which 

 were faint under the most favorable circumstances. However, it was 

 possible to follow the north wall of the passage to where it ran 

 into house 3. The width of the passage was clearly indicated at the 

 south end and again at one place near the north end (fig. 19). That 



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Fig. 19.— Ground plan, houses 2 and 3, Gates site. I-III, central posts; F, 

 fireplace; numerals in dotted circles, cache pits; numerals 1-7, trees; A-B, cross- 

 section shown in figure 20; C-D, cross-section shown in figure 21; E-F', cross- 

 section shown in figure 22. 



there was originally a doorway opening to the south from this pas- 

 sageway, midway between the two houses, is a tempting hypothesis. 

 Since no other entrance passage was discovered in either house, this 

 is possible. However, owing to the innate perversity of trees grow- 

 ing in archeological sites it could not be demonstrated pro or con. 



