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When  it  became  evident  that  the  first  house  site  was  too  poorly 
preserved  to  afford  any  clear  idea  as  to  its  construction,  we  con- 
tinued our  search  along  the  hillside  to  the  northward,  and  fortunately 
with  better  success.  About  lOO  yards  to  the  north  of  the  first  rock 
slide  was  another,  along  the  side  of  which  passed  the  main  trail  to 
the  top  of  the  plateau.  Here  again  refuse  was  found  among  the  rock 
crevices,  and  an  excavation  in  the  flat  grassy  area  between  the  two 
rock  slides  revealed  a  clearly  recognizable  house  ruin,  which  will  be 
^G- 
°cQ9cmm 
Fig.  3. — Plan  and  section  of  house  no.  2,  Hillside  site. 
referred  to  hereafter  as  house  no.  2  (text  fig.  3).  As  in  the  case 
of  the  first  house,  there  was  not  the  slightest  depression  or  surface 
irregularity  to  indicate  that  the  spot  had  ever  been  disturbed.  About 
16  inches  below  the  surface,  fragments  of  timbers  were  found,  lying 
beneath  stones  which  originally  may  have  formed  part  of  a  retaining 
wall  (pi.  5,  fig.  2).  After  clearing  away  the  rotted  mass  of  wood 
fragments  and  earth,  the  lower  timbers,  while  flattened  and  considera- 
bly disintegrated,  were  found  to  be  sufficiently  preserved  to  afford 
a  general  idea  of  their  orientation  (pi.  5,  figs.  3,  4).  At  the  east 
end  it  was  possible  to  distinguish  at  least  five  small  logs,  lying  parallel. 
