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A unique feature near the rear wall of the house was a long straight 

 trench with rounded ends and a shallow U-shaped cross section. Its 

 long axis was perpendicular to the long axis of the structure. The 

 feature (F70) contained a few bone fragments and two stones (pi. 2, a) . 

 There were a few bison skull fragments near the rear wall in the 

 house, but there was no other evidence of a household shrine. 



Eight bell-shaped floor pits were along the house walls. Basin- 

 shaped pits, present in the other dwellings, were lacking in this 

 structure. Five charred timbers on the house floor, at right angles 

 to the house walls, were probably fallen wall posts (pi. 2, &). They 

 were cedar timbers ranging in length up to 4.8 feet. The inner ends 

 of the timbers were about 5 feet from the line of wall posts, suggesting 

 that the wall was at least 5 feet high. The timbers averaged about 

 0.3 foot in diameter, although they may originally have been larger. 

 The evidence indicates that this house, as well as the other two ex- 

 cavated houses, was destroyed by fire. 



EXCAVATION UNIT 4 



Unit 4 was in the northeastern part of the site, east of House 2. It 

 was a trench oriented north and south, 130 feet long and 14 feet wide, 

 attaining a maximum depth of 5 feet. Near the south end of the unit 

 was a house depression (F12) the floor of which was 4.2 feet below 

 the present surface. Three pits were exposed near the south end of 

 the house. F32 was profiled; this bell-shaped pit could not be 

 associated with the house. F31 was a small bell-shaped pit in the floor 

 of the house, and F30 was a pit of indeterminate form on the south 

 edge of the house. 



ExcAVATioisr Tnsnr 5 



Unit 5 was east of House 2 and northwest of House 3. It was a 

 trench oriented north and south, 85 feet long and 14 feet wide, with a 

 maximum depth of 5 feet. A bell-shaped pit (F15) was in the south 

 end of the unit. 



EXCAVATION UNIT 6 



Unit 6 was east of House 2 and northwest of House 3. It was a 

 trench oriented north and south, 75 feet long and 14 feet wide, attain- 

 ing a maximum depth of 5 feet. A bell-shaped pit (F46) was in the 

 north end of the unit. 



EXCAVATION UNIT 7 



Unit 7 was a test pit approximately in the center of the village area, 

 5.6 feet north and south and 17 feet east and west. It is an extension 

 of a test pit excavated by Hewes in 1947. The 1947 excavation was a 

 5-foot square. In 1955 this unit was extended to the west and revealed 



