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Figure 5. — Representation of third level of occupation, which shows the arrangement of 

 the narrow trenches of the earlier Fort Lookout and the various pits and ash concen- 

 tration. 



Tliey possibly were the molds left by stringers, partially embedded in 

 the soil, to support a floor. There was considerable evidence of a fire 

 at this level also, and such timbers, thoroughly consumed, could well 

 accomit for the ash-filled molds. Because of the suitability of the 

 site a second building was placed there following the destruction of the 

 first. How long an interval may have elapsed between the fire and the 

 new construction is not known, but there was nothing in the deposits 

 to suggest that it was an appreciable one. Removal of debris from the 

 fire and leveling of the site to prepare it for the new building could 

 easily have been responsible for the disturbance of some of the trenches 

 and the obliteration of the ends of others. It also could have destroyed 

 evidence for a period of nonoccupation. Several years' accumulation 

 of wind-blown materials probably would produce only a thin layer of 

 sterile deposit. 



Inside the trench-filled area was another of the rectangular pits 

 with vertical walls and flat base, Feature 44, illustrated in plate 14, 5, 

 and figure 5. This pit was similar to those found earlier in the dig 

 with the exception that it was more carefully built and of greater 

 depth. Throughout the fill of this pit were the ever-present glass 

 trade beads of various sizes and colors and square-cut nails. Again, 

 we do not know the true function of such pits, for they may have 

 served either as cache pits or wine cellars. 



Two small shallow pits. Features 14 and 32, were uncovered at this 

 level. They also contained glass beads and in one there was a single 

 square-cut nail. Both were filled with ash-laden soil. 



