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glossy floor, at 9, the shape of which is shown in the diagram. The 
fire bowl, floor, and other near-by remains are shown in more detail 
in Figure 132. 
Nos. 5 and 7 of Figure 129 are stone-slab graves of children, which 
were immediately beneath the floor. No. 11 is a rectangular struc- 
ture of small stones. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, and 14 are the line of the 
edge of the banquette. The fire bowl, No. 8, is shown in Plate 103, b, 
and in diagram in Figure 129. It is 29 by 27 inches outside measure; 
25 by 238 inches inside. It rests upon the hard-packed clay floor. 
The rim is the same size as that of the fire bowl or altar in temple 
circle No. 1, but the bowl is deeper. The depth of the interior of 
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this bowl is 614 inches; that of house circle No. 1 is 414 inches. It 
was made of puddled clay, later hard-burned by long-continued use, 
in the same manner as the temple altar, as the earth showed action 
of heat to a depth of 6 inches below the bottom of the bowl. It was 
about half filled with fine white ashes. The remainder of the interior 
of the bowl contained ashes mixed with minute fragments of charcoal 
and dark earth. No bones or fragments of pottery were found in it. 
The.rim of the bowl was 8 inches below the present surface of the soil. 
RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE OF SMALL STONES 
To the south of this fire bowl was a rectangular structure of small 
limestone rocks, 10 by 14 inches, height 8 inches. These stones 
ranged from the size of an egg to the size of the fist. They were 
roughly but neatly fitted together, slightly weather-worn, and were 
such as were plentiful in the near-by brook. This structure is shown 
in Figure 132, No. 11. There were no signs of ashes or action of fire 
around it. Its use is not known. 
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