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fireplaces, which will be discussed later. Firepits were made with 

 sandstone slabs set below the floor surface and plastered, or by 

 plastering the sides of a hole within the floor itself. Dimensions vary, 

 as shown in the accompanying table (fig. 30). 



Firepits 



Fig. 30. 



MEALING BINS 



Mealing bins were found in approximately the same position as 

 firepits, i. e., against the walls, but confusion in identity is not likely 

 since firepits are usually lined with clay, contain ashes and extend 

 below the surface of the floor, whereas mealing bins are not lined 

 with clay, contain no ashes, and are built above the floor. In two 

 rooms bins were found in the corner, the walls serving for two sides 

 of the bin, while in one room a bin was constructed against the south- 

 west wall, 4 feet from the nearest corner. All mealing bins found were 

 larger than the firepits (fig. 31). 



Mealing Bins 



Fig. 31. 



CEILINGS 



Roof material was found in a number of rooms, but usually in 

 such a poor state of preservation and in such small quantities that 



