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section. In addition, there were potsherds, plain and cord roughened, 

 other worked stones, stone chips, shell and bone fragments and, on the 

 surface, metal objects of recent manufacture. 



A total of 77 post molds was located on the bastion. Most appeared 

 between 1.0 and 2.0 feet below surface (fig. 54; pi. 41, a). Not all 

 were clearly defined and, since several did not seem to fit into the 

 stockade pattern, they may be the remains of random or intrusive 

 posts. The depths of the excavated postholes varied from 0.35 to 2.5 

 feet; some of the deepest contained fragments of wood. Diameters 

 ranged from 0.2 to 0.5 foot and the holes were spaced evenly, varying 

 only from 1.0 to 1.5 feet. About one-third of the postholes slope in 

 toward the center of the bastion or toward the village in the case of 

 those along the ditch. 



The palisade structure forming the bastion wall approximates the 

 shape of a keyhole, with a narrow passage (6.0 feet wide) extending 

 11.5 feet south of the curtain wall, then expanding to form a circular 

 enclosure with a maximum width of 12.5 feet. The palisaded strong- 

 point projects 32.0 feet from the village wall. The post line of the 

 latter was traced on the west side of the bastion passage, but it was 

 not found to the east. 



Two trenches. Features 5 and 7, were cut through the ditch, the 

 former just east and the latter just west of the bastion (figs. 53-54; pi. 

 42, a). Each trench was 25.0 feet long, 5.0 feet wide, and 3.5 feet 

 deep. The stratigraphy in both sections was quite complex (fig. 55). 

 In the profiles, the original ditch contour was visible as an area of 

 very dark fill, roughly U-shaped but with gently sloping walls. The 

 ditch was 2.0 feet wide at base and 3.5 feet deep, measured from the 

 present surface level. In Feature 7, the dark fill rests directly on the 

 gray silt of zone 1, but in Feature 5, a 0.5-foot layer of light-brown 

 fill intervenes. 



The cultural material from Features 5 and 7 included sherds, animal 

 bone, and stone fragments. Although the trenches were carried back 

 beyond the edges of the ditch, no certain evidence of palisade posts 

 was found. Four post molds and one recent post appeared in Feature 

 5. Two of these, found at about 1.0 foot below surface at the north 

 end of the trench, are possibly palisade posts, since they correspond in 

 size and relative position with others at the end of the bastion. 



Additional evidence of the palisade was found in Feature 18, on the 

 western side of the village adjacent to bastion No. 4 (pi. 41, h). A 

 row of 11 post molds, spaced at 2.0-foot intervals, extended along a 

 slight rise just inside of the ditch line. The post molds were en- 

 countered at depths ranging from 1.0 to 3.0 feet below surface and 

 ranged from 0.35 to 0.5 foot in diameter. Depths varied from 0.34 to 

 1.43 feet. Eight of the molds contained traces of wood. 



