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F-41. A round hole 0.8 foot in diameter and 0.5 foot in depth. It contained 

 fragmented chinking and pieces of wood. It was probably not a post ; 

 located near the eastern palisade wall. 



F-42. A round hole 0.7 foot in diameter aijd 0.7 foot deep. It contained soft 

 earth fill. Adjacent to F-19. 



F-43. A round hole 0.4 foot in diameter and 0.5 foot deep. It contained soft 

 earth fill. Adjacent to F-19. 



F-44. A post mold 0.25 foot in diameter and 0.6 deep. It contained rotted cotton- 

 wood. Adjacent to F-11. 

 F-45. A basin-shaped circular pit containing charcoal ; it was probably used for 

 the smoke tanning of hides. Located in the eastern portion of the en- 

 closure and adjacent to Features 9 and 19. 1.4 feet diameter and 0.6 

 foot deep. 



F-46. A square pit containing a Cottonwood post 0.5 foot in diameter and 1.2 feet 

 deep. This is one of the supports for a shed, F-65 ; it is associated with 

 Features 47 and 48. The pit is 1 foot square and 1.2 feet deep. 



F-47. A square pit containing a cottonwood post 0.6 foot in diameter and 2.0 feet 

 deep. This is one of the supports for a shed, F-65, in the northeastern 

 corner of the enclosure. Associated with Features 46 and 48. The pit 

 is 1.3 feet square and 2.0 feet deep. 



F-48. A square pit containing a cottonwood post 0.6 foot in diameter and 1.1 

 feet deep. This is one of the supports for a shed, F-65, in the north- 

 eastern corner of the enclosure. Associated with Features 46 and 47. 

 The pit is 0.8 foot square and 1.1 feet deep. 



F-49. A rectangular pit intrusive on Feature 15. It contained a post butt 0.6 

 foot in diameter and 2.5 feet deep. The pit also contained mixed earth 

 and broken animal-bone fragments ; it measured 2.7 x 2 feet and 2.5 feet 

 deep. 



F-50. A rectangular pit containing charred wood and lead rifle balls. This pit 

 was associated with Feature 65, a shed. The pit measures 1.4 feet x 2.0 

 feet and is 1.0 foot deep. 



F-51. A rectangular trench 3.8 feet long; 1.6 feet deep and 0.5 foot wide. Ap- 

 parently a series of small posts were once in this trench as bits of rotted 

 wood were found here. This feature is associated with Feature 65, a 

 shed in the northeastern corner of the post enclosure. 



F-52. A rectangular trench abutting on the interior of the southeastern corner 

 of the palisade. The trench is 2.5 feet long, 1.3 feet wide and 1.2 feet 

 deep. This feature contained the burial of an infant in what had ap- 

 parently been a rectangular wooden box. 



F-53. A rectangular trench abutting on the interior of the southeastern portion 

 of the palisade. The trench is 4.7 feet long, 0.7 foot wide and 1.2 feet 

 deep. It contained a series of 9 small cottonwood posts 0.4 foot in 

 diameter. It is possible that this feature was a hitching post or stall 

 for horses. 



F-54. A rectangular trench abutting on the interior of the palisade trench in the 

 western portion of the enclosure. The trench was 3.6 feet long, .75 foot 

 wide, and 1 foot deep. No post butts were observed in it. 



F-55. A rectangular trench 22.5 feet long, 1.7 feet wide and 0.8 foot deep. It 

 was situated parallel to the eastern palisade trench and contained a 

 few miscellaneous artifacts. 



F-56. A palisade trench cross section; it was 1.8 feet wide, and 1.8 feet deep. 

 This cross section was made in the center of the western palisade trench 

 line. 



