Riv, Bas. SUR. SMALL SITES ABOUT FORT BERTHOLD—METCALF 17 
LIMIT OF EXCAVATION 
32ML2 
LEGEND CEREMONIAL LODGE 
Courtesy: State Historical Society of North Dakota 
FIREPLACE 
=a fc) 10 20 30 40 
‘©O} CACHE PIT Feet 
a T402 
ce) POST HOLE RSP 9-22-1954 
Ficure 2.—Floor plan of Arikara ceremonial lodge at Like-a-Fishhook Village, 32ML2. 
Four postholes (or pairs of postholes) were present at a distance 
of from 14 to 17 feet from the center of this hearth, and formed the 
corners of a rectangle about 20 feet square. The secondary set of roof 
supports formed a circle at an average distance of about 30 feet from 
the center of the fireplace. Actually this distance was not uniform, 
these postholes being found at distances ranging from 28 to 34 feet. 
Several series of leaner butts were found at a distance of approxi- 
mately 6 feet beyond the secondary posts, making possible an estimate 
of about 75 feet as the inner diameter of the structure. The ring- 
mound measured 80 feet in diameter from crest to crest. 
