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BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



The midden covered an irregular area about 25 feet across, ap- 

 parently laid down in a slight natural hollow on the terrace front. 

 The maximum thickness, about 36 inches, occurred on the west or up- 

 hill edge, whence the deposit thinned unevenly down the slope. 

 Potsherds, flints, ash streaks, charred corn and grass, bones, stones, and 

 similar detritus were scattered through the rich black topsoil zone. 

 Four pits also occurred within this area. Their contents did not differ 

 markedly from the general refuse mantle and their presence was ur>- 

 suspected until excavation showed them penetrating the yellow sub- 

 soil beneath the midden. It is possible that the midden is due in 

 part to scattering of material by modern cultivation from the upper 

 layers in the pits, but its extent and depth are too great to be wholly 



