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high (pi. 2, fig. 2), corresponds to the " temple " mound of the latter 

 and has a smaller mound immediately to the east. The remaining 

 two mounds are low (about 4 meters square) and edged with stones. 



Squier suggested that it might have been the custom in ancient 

 days to light beacon fires on the highest mound of this group for 

 the purpose of signaling to people in the valley. There are no ashes 

 or other evidence that such was the case. The mound consists of 

 broken rocks roughly heaped together, covered with a thin layer 

 of humus. 



