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Hearth 



Figure 26. — Feature 22, Hosterman site. 



Near the west end of the exploratory trench we located and com- 

 pletely uncovered the remains of a circular structure, Feature 22 (fig. 

 26). Once the house pit was outlined, all of the fill was passed 

 through screens down to within 0.5 foot of the floor. This portion 

 was carefully removed by trowels; the material was screened and 

 placed in separate containers. Even with all this care we recovered 

 very few artifacts from the zone. 



After the floor had been cleared, the various features, such as post- 

 holes, cache pits, and firepits, were cleaned of their contents. Any- 

 thing found within any of these features was kept separate from that 

 found on the floor. Later the surrounding area was explored in order 

 to locate the entranceway or any other feature that might have been 

 associated with the structure. We not only failed to find any evidence 

 of a passageway, but we found nothing that we could positively asso- 

 ciate with the house structure. 



Cache pits within the house floor ranged from small shallow depres- 

 sions to fairly large bell-shaped pits of a size sufficient for an average- 

 sized man to squeeze into easily. Most pits contained loose soil ; some 

 had an occasional artifact and the larger bell-shaped pit was com- 

 pletely filled with disarticulated bones and very little soil. 



FORTIFICATION DITCH 



The fortification ditch began to the northwest of the site and pro- 

 ceeded eastward along the north side, gently curving to the south. 

 Along the east side it continued around to the south to a place where 



