4 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 189 



show the work accomplished and the general environmental setting 

 of the village after the regular field season had ended. 



The work done at Paul Brave in 1955 included the testing of seven 

 areas. These tests, or excavation units, are herein termed X units, 

 and are designated as XI through X7. The excavations of Gordon 

 W. Hewes in 1947 are hatched on the site map (map 2). Eighty- 

 eight features, designated FIO to F97, were recorded (table 1). 



FEATURES 

 EXCAVATION UNIT 1 (HOUSB 1) 



This long-rectangular house was in the western part of the site 

 (map 3). It had a maximum length of 45.5 feet, and was 32.5 feet 

 wide at the end near the entrance and 31 feet wide at the end opposite 

 the entrance. The long axis was oriented northeast and southwest, 

 with the entrance in the southwest end of the house facing away from 

 the river. The floor was 3.6 feet below the present ground level. 

 The house was originally built in a pit 2 feet deep. The house walls 

 and floor were of unf aced native soil. 



The entrance was marked by three postholes on either side of a 

 small bench that projected into the house floor. This bench was 

 composed of undisturbed native soil. The entrance postholes were 

 1.0 to 2.3 feet deep. Three other postholes southwest of the house but 

 in line with the entrance suggest that this passage was originally 14 

 feet long. 



Three large postholes were in the midline of the floor. One of 

 these, in the end opposite the entrance, was 3.1 feet deep. It was lined 

 with stones, and the hole inclined toward the entrance at a 13-degree 

 angle. Another post near the rear wall was 1.6 feet deep and also 

 inclined toward the entrance. Midway between the end post and 

 the entrance was a post 3.0 feet deep. Another post, not located along 

 the midline of the floor, leaned toward the end post. It may have 

 served as a brace. 



There were 20 postholes along each of the long walls of the house, 

 from 0.9 to 2.1 feet deep, averaging 1.5 feet deep. There were no 

 posts in the house ends. On either side of the midline of the floor, 

 there was an intermediate row of posts. In each row were five posts, 

 spaced 8 to 10 feet apart (posts I to X, map 3). 



The fireplace, F19, was centered on the midline of the house, off- 

 set toward the entrance. It was circular and basin shaped, and 

 contained ash, mixed earth, and a burned floor. Another basin- 

 shaped pit, F81, may also have been a fireplace, owing to the fact 

 that its floor was burned, but there was little depth to the burning. 

 Perhaps it was used sparingly or for only a brief time as a fireplace. 



