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DISCUSSION 



STRUCTURES 



The long rectangular houses at Paul Brave are not consistent in 

 size, but they are similar in form. Lengths are 37.5 to 46.0 feet, and 

 widths are 24 to 32.5 feet. The long walls of the houses are not par- 

 allel, and there is a variation in the end widths of 1.5 to 3.5 feet. This 

 variation in width is present also at the Thomas Riggs site in houses 

 3 and 5 (Hurt, 1953, figs. 9, 11), and is reported in houses at the Huff 

 site (32M011) according to Will and Hecker (1944, pp. 19-20). 



Houses 5 and 6 at the Thomas Riggs site (Hurt, 1953, pp. 7-8, 

 figs. 11, 12) are similar in floor plan to House 2 at Paul Brave. There 

 is a large post in the end of these houses opposite the entrance, and 

 a large post centered on the house midline. These posts probably 

 supported a ridge pole along the house midline. Houses 1 and 3 at 

 Paul Brave (and apparently Plouse 4 as well) have two intermediate 

 rows of posts between the house midline and the walls. This feature 

 is lacking at Thomas Riggs, but there seems to be evidence for a sim- 

 ilar structural pattern in the Over Focus Swanson site (39BR16) 

 (Hurt, 1951, figs. 12-13, 16). 



In each of the houses at Thomas Riggs, a low bench of undisturbed 

 native earth projects into the house floor between the two posts that 

 mark the entrance. These ramps also occur at Paul Brave, but here 

 they are small, not exceeding a foot in length, and might more appro- 

 priately be termed "steps." 



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