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otherwise complete line of planks along the southwest wall suggests 

 an entrance, although a very narrow one. However, since the floor 

 was 2 to 2K feet below the surface, this gap would have allowed sand 

 to spill into the house in the absence of some Idnd of sill or ramp, no 

 evidence of which was found. Probably the wall planks in this area 

 had simply been removed, and the doorway was a hole cut through 

 the wall at or above ground level, with a step inside the entrance. 



ROOF 



In the center of the northwest wall was a post that had been burned 

 down to about 19 inches above the floor. The bottom was 40 inches 

 below floor level. The post was originally 10 inches in diameter, 

 and had been placed in an oval hole, 20 by 16 inches and 42 inches 

 deep, partly filled with rocks to anchor the post. Three spHt planks 

 were set around it, making a small alcovelike bulge in the wall. About 

 5 inches of the post below floor level showed charring, indicating that 

 it had been exposed to this depth. The side of the post facing outside 

 the house was relatively unburned as compared to that on the inside. 

 When found, the post leaned several degrees toward the center of the 

 house, its lower end well outside the floor area. 



Although no other posts of the same type or size were found, 

 this post probably supported one end of a ridgepole, the other end of 

 which presumably rested on top of the large plank in the opposite 

 wall (beyond the container of fire-cracked rocks). The roof was 

 partly or completely covered with sheets of bark, carbonized remains 

 of which were found on the floor. It is reasonable to assume that the 

 roof was gabled. If the eaves were too low at the sides to permit 

 entry, the doorway would have been at one of the gabled ends. 



FLOOR 



The floor of the house was entirely covered with planks except 

 at the sunken box in the center and the portions fiUed with fire- 

 cracked rocks, as indicated on the plan (fig. 3). There were from 

 29 to 33 such planks, ranging in thickness from K to slightly over 

 1 inch. Their sizes varied, the maximum lengths being 8 feet and the 

 maximum widths 3 feet. Their upper surfaces and edges had all 

 been smoothed. All were charred in the fire. 



SWEAT-BATH ROCKS 



A container of fire-cracked rocks in the middle of the southeast 

 wall was not a hearth for cooking but seems to have been a receptacle 

 for sweat-bath rocks. It was 5 feet long and 3 feet wide, made of 

 several large stone slabs, about 2 inches thick and set on edge 



