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of seven identical large hand-decorated glass beads, probably part 

 of an ornamental strand once the property of a woman of the house- 

 hold. These beads were found scattered over the floor area of the 

 dwelling, but had obviously once been used together. 



A more imposing, though also badly denuded, building site (House- 

 site B) was encountered along the south side of the stockade, prob- 

 ably the site of a warehouse or trading building rather than primarily 

 a dwelling (pi. 22, a). This site was first observed during initial 

 excavations at a point at which the building site was crossed by the 

 north-south exploratory trench. The excavation of this building 

 site was accomplished entirely by handwork. 



The most noteworthy details of this building site were parallel 

 rows of charred horizontal timbers and timber fragments, the remains 

 of sills and joists of the original, though the spacing was not en- 

 tirely uniform. Although in general badly preserved, these timbers 

 appeared to have been hewn, and probably originally measured 4 

 by 4 and 6 by 6 mches. Associated with the horizontal timbers 

 were numerous bits of accidentally fired adobe-clay chinking, and 

 remains of burnt and unburnt adobe bricks. Fragmentary post 

 butts and filled postholes were also found, containing remains of 

 posts that had been set in small pits, ordinarily 1 foot square and 1 

 foot deep, and probably dug with spades. The blade of one such 

 spade, too badly corroded to preserve, was found on the original 

 ground level near the west end of this building site. One minor 

 architectural detail encountered was a small group of stones, which 

 had served as a footing for a sill or joist, also approximately 1 foot 

 square. Despite the number of sills and posts used in the building, 

 no divisions of the whole such as room areas could be defined. Nor 

 was there evidence to show whether the timberwork was end-notched 

 or included vertical posts (as is suggested by the presence of the 

 post butts) into which horizontal hewn logs were tenoned. Else- 

 where, the latter distinctive style of logwork was employed in the 

 construction of posts of this period (e.g.. Fort Berthold II, a part 

 of site 32ML2). The surviving post butts here may actually be 

 nothing more than separate footings for end-notched horizontal 

 timbers, rather than true comer posts. 



Another noteworthy architectural detail of this building was the 

 provision of small fireplaces, the remains of two of which were 

 found (pi. 22, b). These were made of puddled adobe clay, prob- 

 ably reinforced with twigs and sticks, and provided with small 

 hearth areas, in which ash and charcoal bits were found. No clue 

 to the original design of upper parts of fireplaces or chimneys was 

 seen, but these were probably of the simplest character. No sug- 

 gestion was found of the use of adobe bricks in direct association with 

 these fireplaces. 



