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BADGER COMPONENT (39LM238) 



FEATURES 



On the basis of their location within stratum 4, Features 1, 3, 4, 5, 

 and 6 were assigned to the Badger Component of the Good Soldier 

 site. The features and their associations are described below. 



Feature 1. — A small pile of 31 unworked stone chips, some of which fit together. 

 The concentration, 0.3 foot by 0.4 foot, measured 0.3 foot from top to bottom. 

 The chips range from 38 mm. to 53 mm. long, 26 mm. to 35 mm. wide, and 

 3 mm. to 14 mm . thick. The cache was located at a depth of 1.2 feet in 

 square N12oW50. 



Feature 3. — ^A small, basin-shaped flrepit containing charred and uncharred bone 

 fragments and a small quantity of charcoal. The pit was 2.6 feet in 

 diameter and had a maximum depth of 0.4 foot. The top of the pit was 

 defined at 2.2 feet below the present ground surface in square N130W50. 



Feature 4. — A large, basin-shaped flrepit containing charred and uncharred 

 bone fragments, charcoal, and 225 fire-cracked, handsized, granitic rocks. 

 Most of the rocks were in the bottom two-thirds of the pit. The feature 

 measured 3.3 feet by 4.6 feet and had a maximum depth of 1.4 feet. A 

 definite outline of the pit was apparent at 2.0 feet below the surface; 

 however, indications of the pit were noticeable at a depth of 1.5 feet in 

 square N125W50. A charcoal specimen from Feature 4 was submitted 

 to the University of Michigan carbon-14 laboratory; it was cataloged 

 M-1090a and dated 419 ± 150 years B.O. 



Feature 5. — Two shallow, basin-shaped firepits. The fill in the northern- 

 most pit was stained red with hematite. It measured 1.9 feet in diameter 

 and had a maximum depth of 0.19 foot. The second pit, located about 0.3 foot 

 south of the first, measured 0.9 foot in diameter and 0.4 foot in depth. 

 Fill from this pit contained charcoal, flint chips, and fragments of bone. 

 The pits became apparent at 1.2 feet below the present ground surface in 

 square N155W50. 



Feature 6. — A shallow, basin-shaped flrepit containing burned earth, small flecks 

 of hematite, and fragments of bone, stone, and shell. The pit, 1.3 feet in 

 diameter and 0.4 foot in maximum depth, was located at 1.6 feet below the 

 surface in square N180W50. 



POTTERY 



The pottery collections from stratum 4 at the Good Soldier site 

 consist of sherds, most of which have been cord-paddled on their 

 exterior surfaces. At least two vessel shapes are represented, one 

 being globular with a constricted neck and a straight, everted rim. 

 The other is an almost shoulderless vessel with a conoidal base. The 

 shapes and decorations on the rims are such that they may be sorted 

 into three groups. 



GROUP A 



This category consists of two undecorated rims, apparently from 

 the same vessel (pi. 50, h and c) . They measure 24 mm. in height and 

 are 7 mm. thick, becoming slightly thinner in the area immediately 



