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The fireplace (F26) was offset toward the entrance, and was cen- 

 tered on the midline of the house. It was filled with compact white 

 ash and mixed earth and was lined with burned earth. East of the 

 entrance, in a shallow recess in the house wall, a large unmodified stone 

 slab was on the house floor. The material is a conglomerate, and 

 similar stone occurs along the river bluffs south of the site. Five 

 bell-shaped pits and several basin-shaped pits filled with mixed 

 earth and refuse were in the house floor. An irregularly shaped pit 

 (F67) was near the rear wall of the house. A thin layer of charcoal 

 and burned earth marked the floor level, and the tops of most of the 

 posts were charred, a condition indicating that the house was leveled by 

 fire. 



EXCAVATION UNIT 3 (HOUSE 3 ) 



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

 (map 5). It was 46.0 feet long, 32.5 feet wide at the end near the 

 entrance, and ^9.0 feet wide at the back end. The long axis of the 

 house was oriented north and south, and the entrance was in the 

 south end, facing away from the river. The house floor was 2.8 feet 

 below the present surface. The structure was originally built in a 

 pit more than 1 foot deep. The floor and walls were of unf aced native 

 soil. 



The entrance was marked by four postholes, two on each side of a 

 small bench of native soil that projected into the house. These post- 

 holes were 0.9 to 1.3 feet deep. Two postholes south of the house but 

 in line with the entrance suggest that the passage was 15 feet long 

 and 4 to 5 feet wide. 



There were two large postholes along the midline of the house. A 

 posthole 3.0 feet deep and 1.6 feet wide in the rear wall contained a 

 vertical cedar post 0.9 foot in diameter that was braced with stones. 

 In the house center, midway between the entrance and the end posthole, 

 was a posthole 0.9 foot wide and 1.9 feet deep. Secondary supports 

 were provided by two rows of postholes located between the house 

 midline and the walls. They consisted of two rows of five posts each, 

 spaced from 8 to 10 feet apart (posts I to X, map 5). Several of 

 them were lined with stones. There were no postholes along the end 

 walls. 



The fireplace was centered on the midline of the house, offset toward 

 the entrance. It contained compact white ash, mixed earth, and was 

 lined with burned earth. Three miniature pottery vessels were found 

 embedded in the ash. Two of these vessels are illustrated (pi. 6, 

 f-g). An oval, basin-shaped pit (F53) and a small rectangular pit 

 (F63) had lightly fired floors and may also have served as fireplaces. 

 Three smaller fireplaces (F64, F65, and F66) contained ash, and 

 were lined with burned earth. 



