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Floor: Trampled bottom of the pit. 



Roof supports: Several large posts were arranged in the walls which were prob- 

 ably crotched and upon which stringers were placed. No 

 post was found to support the central portion of the roof. 

 Entranceway: A concentration of pestholes occurred in the vicinity of the in- 

 side entrance to the house, a fact which may indicate that some 

 sort of screen or baffle was constructed here as a windbreak. 

 There was an absence of any step down into the house from the 

 entranceway, which opened to the northwest with a slight curve 

 at the opening. 

 Firepit: It is not certain that the hearth uncovered actually belonged with this 



structure. 

 Moor pits: A number of large refuse and cache pits were found within the 



confines of the structure; they appeared to be secondary. 

 Associations: None. 



Comments: The fill was practically sterile within the structure. About 0.15 foot 

 above the floor there occurred a change in color and texture of 

 soil. It appeared to be of humic origin. A few bits of midden 

 were scattered throughout this deposit. Whenever a large cache 

 or midden pit was found there occurred a corresiwnding break in 

 this stratum, indicating a secondary origin for these features. 



CACHE PITS 



In general, cache pits were of two general shapes : bell shaped with 

 narrow mouths and flaring out toward the bottom, and comparatively 

 shallow saucer-shaped ones. 



Bell-shaped pits varied considerably as to size. Most of these were 

 fairly large and deep but there were a few that were much smaller and 

 relatively shallow. The latter occurred mostly inside structures and 

 the larger ones were scattered throughout the village area and outside 

 of houses. Pits of this shape were found to originate at depths rang- 

 ing from 2.0 feet to 2.6 feet from the present surface. 



On the other hand, saucer-shaped pits showed greater variation as to 

 overall size and depth. Pits of this shape originated at greater depths, 

 from the present surface, ranging from 3.2 feet to 4.5 feet. Some ap- 

 parently were borrow pits, where the soil was obtained to cover the 

 outsides of their houses. Later these were used as midden disposal 

 areas. 



Whether these points of origin designated their relative age within 

 the site is suspected as an index but when the contents of both types 

 were compared there was practically very little difference in the gen- 

 eral overall contents. The bell-shaped pits were always richer in cul- 

 tural remains, whereas the saucer-shaped pits were more or less on 

 the lean side. From all appearances the earlier ceramic forms would 

 seem to be confined to the saucer-shaped pits. 



Plotting the depths of the origins of both types of pits on a chart 

 shows, more clearly, the placement and separation of the types as to 

 depths (fig. 31). 



