Riv. Bas. Sur. 
Par, No. 30] STUTSMAN FOCUS—WHEELER 187 
LEGEND 
POST HOLE 
ROCK © BONE 
FIREPLACE 
LIMITS OF EXCAVATION 
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Figure 32.—Plan of bower (F48) in XU16, Hintz site. 
of from 0.05 to 0.75 foot. The somewhat disturbed cluster of about 48 broken 
cobbles was interspersed with and underlain by charcoal-stained sand. ‘The 
condition of the rocks in this feature (F382) suggested that they had been 
fractured both by direct contact with fire and by sudden expansion when water 
was poured over the heated rocks to produce steam. Following this interpreta- 
tion, the surrounding posts appeared to be the roof posts of a small sweat lodge, 
designated Feature 85. The absence of artifact and refuse materials from 
this feature seems to substantiate the inferred purpose of the structure. 
TRASH DUMP 
The area explored in XUi—to the east, north, and south of the original find- 
spot (figs. 27 and 29)—was found to contain ares of the interior and exterior 
supporting posts of House 2 (F25), already discussed, a pair of isolated postholes 
and two hearths which will be described subsequently, and moderate amounts 
of artifact and refuse materials, between 0.2 foot and 2.2 feet below the surface. 
The heterogeneous character and generally fragmentary condition of the arti- 
facts recovered from XU1, the absence of major constructional features within 
the area, and the juxtaposition of midden to House 2 (I°'25)—all indicate that the 
area was a trash dump used by the occupants of the nearby dwelling and also 
perhaps to some extent by people who inhabited the other lodges to the south. 
DRYING RACK (7?) 
A pair of postholes near the south end of XU1 (undesignated, see fig. 29), 
measuring 0.4 and 0.3 foot in diameter and set 1.65 feet apart, the one almost 
directly north of the other, may have been the supporting posts of a rack used 
for aerating skins prepared for clothing and other uses, or for drying comestibles. 
