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refuse disposal pit, since it contained quantities of kitchen refuse. 

 It could also have been used as a latrine. 



Between the shed (F-65) and within the bastion was a large irregu- 

 lar pit (F-12). It contained such refuse as broken animal bones, 

 fragments of chinking and charcoal. This feature obviously served 

 as a refuse disposal area and may have also been a latrine. 



FIREPLACES 



Five fireplaces (Features 11, 16, 19, 24 and 39) were found; all of 

 them were circular, averaging about 2.5 feet in diameter. They con- 

 tained white wood ash, charcoal, and artifacts, and were underlain 

 by red burned earth. One of the fireplaces (F-24) is in the presumed 

 kitchen (F-62), and is associated with four small postholes. These 

 posts were placed in a pattern around the fireplace. Large quantities 

 of fired-clay chinking were found in this area before and during exca- 

 vation, and the fireplace in question may have had a clay-chinked stick 

 chimney. 



One possible fireplace (F-16) was in the western portion of F-63, 

 the central cabin. It was badly disturbed by rodent burrows ; hence 

 the identification is uncertain. This presumed fireplace consisted of 

 ash and some burned earth scattered through a series of rodent holes. 

 It was located beneath the cabin flooring and probably predates it. 



Three outside fireplaces were found. Two of them (F-11 and F-19) 

 were on the eastern side of the post enclosure. Both were associated 

 with small post molds. These post molds are probably the remains 

 of forked pole structures that once supported kettles and other con- 

 tainers over the fireplaces. Feature 19 was apparently associated 

 with rifle-ball casting, as scattered droplets of lead were found near it 

 and in the adjacent Feature 9, a small pit. Another fireplace (F-39) 

 was in the southwestern portion of the enclosure. Most of it was 

 removed while bulldozing the overburden from this area. 



CHARCOAL-FILLED PITS AND DEPRESSIONS 



Eight small pits and depressions (Features 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, 34, 37, 

 and 45) were found around the walls of the post enclosure. All of 

 them contained charcoal. A few of them had bits of charred bark at 

 their bottoms. Six of these (Features 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, and 37) were 

 circular shallow depressions. They ranged in diameter from 0.7 to 1.3 

 feet, and from 0.1 to 0.3 foot in depth (pi. 57, a). 



The other two features in this series (F-34 and F-45) were deeper 

 circular pits. These varied considerably in form and content and will 

 be described individually. 



Feature 34 was 1.5 feet in diameter, and 1.0 foot in depth. The 



