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corded, and the miniature shell "face" (fig. 24, c) was recovered near 

 the south end of the unit. 



Excavation 4- {map 7). — ^A low earthen mound, about 50 feet in 

 diameter and 1.5 feet high, was along the terrace edge north of the 

 village area. A 5-foot test pit was excavated in its center with 

 wholly negative results; no artifacts or other cultural remains were 

 noted. 



Excavation 5 {maps 7 and 8) . — This large excavation unit, in the 

 north central part of the village, was made in the form of an L, with 

 the short arm parallel to the Missouri River flood plain. The unit 

 was 1,025 feet long on the east-west axis and 310 feet long on the 

 north-south axis, with an average width of about 50 feet. Houses 2 

 through 5 were detected in this unit, as well as a number of pits 

 and fireplaces. Many of these exterior features were excavated 

 (map 8). A short test trench, 30 feet long and 4 feet wide, was 

 dug to the terrace edge from the east wall of House 4 in an effort 

 to detect any evidence of fortifications along the terrace rim, but 

 the results were negative. 



Excavation 6 {map 7). — A bulldozer cut 315 feet long and 12 feet 

 wide was made at the northwest edge of the terrace along John Grass 

 Creek. Small concentrations of cultural remains, including char- 

 coal, fragmented bone, and artifacts occurred at intervals, but no 

 pits or dwellings were noted. The unit seems to have been beyond 

 the periphery of the village occupational area. 



Excavation 7 {maps 7 and 8). — A road patrol cut Y25 feet long, 

 with an average width of about 75 feet, was made along the south 

 edge of the site, adjacent to the large gully. Houses 1 and 7 were 

 in this unit, as well as large numbers of pits and fireplaces of varying 

 form; most of the latter features were excavated (map 8). 



Excavation 8 {maps 7 and 8). — This excavation was made by a 

 series of parallel road patrol cuts, leaving an area stripped of over- 

 burden about 145 feet long and 45 feet wide. It lay between exca- 

 vations 5 and 7, near the east edge of the site. One probable house 

 site. House 6, was inferred from the presence of charred timbers 

 and mixed earth, but it was not explored for lack of time. 



HOUSES 



House 1 {map 10^ pi. 8, a). — ^This structure was in excavation 7 

 near the southeast edge of the site. It consisted of an oval pit oriented 

 along a northeast-southwest axis. It measured 25 feet on the long axis, 

 with a width of 23 feet. The elongated basin-shaped entrance, in the 

 southwest end of the house, was 6.8 feet long, 2.7 feet wide, and 0.5 

 foot deep. A clearly defined row of posts occurred only along the 

 southeast side, extending 10 feet out from the house shoulder. 



