528 PREHISTORIC VILLAGES IN TENNESSEE [eTH. ANN. 41 
This building had a raised bank of earth, or banquette, about 4 feet 
wide and 12 inches in height, around the walls on the interior, similar 
to that in some of the other circles. Only a portion of the banquette 
was utilized for beds or seats. Part of the eastern side was occupied 
by the domestic fire bed and a child’s grave. The floor was the 
surface of the original clay subsoil. 
Figure 142, H, J, K, was a line of three upright thin limestone 
slabs. These slabs had nothing under or around them to indicate 
their character or use, and showed no signs of action of fire. Beyond 
question they belonged to the everyday domestic life of the wigwam; 
but their use is unknown. 
The sections marked ‘‘Unexcavated”’ and also a portion of the 
other interesting fire bed, A, B, C, D, Figure 141, were left unexca- 
vated for the benefit of future explorers. A child’s grave was found 
beyond the walls, on the west, at 2, and the stone-slab grave of a 
child was also found at 1, on the eastern side of the circle. This 
grave adjoined the domestic fire bed or hearth, A, B, C, D. 
Three interesting 
stones were found about 
8 inches above the floor, 
at points /, F, G on the 
diagram (fig. 141). 
They are clearly shown 
in the photograph, Plate 
109, a. One measured 
12 by 10 inches, another 10 by 8 inches, and another 10 by 6 inches. 
They were from three-fourths of an inch to 2 inches in thickness. 
Nothing was buried under these stones, and no trace of fire or ashes 
or any signs of use found around them. The central one, /’, had a 
slightly worn appearance, as if it had been a very small metate; but it 
was too small to have been of much service as such. This arrange- 
ment of three stones for some domestic purpose was customary in this 
town. Three larger stones, similarly arranged, were found in house 
circle No. 79. They are shown in Plate 114, a. One of these was 
a metate. 
Fic, 142.—Stones H, J, K 
CHILD’s GRAVE 
Plate 109, a, shows at B the fire bed, A, B, C, D (fig. 141). At C 
is shown the adjoining stone-slab top of the child’s grave at 1 (fig. 
141). 
Plate 110, a, shows the grave before removal of the stone-slab top 
or cover. The top of this stone-slab cover was 15 inches below the 
present surface of the soil. 
Plate 110, 6, shows the grave after removal of the interior soil and 
before any of the bones or relics were disturbed. This stone-slab 
