MYER] THE FEWKES GROUP 593 
vertical and horizontal section of the altar and surrounding platform 
and a small portion of the adjoining floor is shown in Figure 196. 
The altar ran nearly northeast and southwest. On the southwestern 
side the adjoining platform was of very hard-burned red clay for a 
distance of 14 inches. Its extent is shown by the fine dotted lines. 
The remainder of the platform was of the same subsoil clay as the 
surrounding floor. Neither this unbaked portion of the platform 
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Fic. 197.—Restoration of large pot from altar in circle No. 6 
nor the adjoining floor was hard packed or smoothed. Its surface 
could be detected with very great difficulty. 
The altar apparently was formed of a hard-packed puddled-clay 
core. This core was covered with a layer of very hard-burned red- 
dish-yellow puddled clay. The outer layer was about as hard as a 
modern soft-burned red clay brick. The altar was half filled with 
clean white ashes which contained no animal bones or pottery frag- 
ments. Lying on top of these ashes 
was a pile of pottery fragments; 
others were found on the outer edge 
of the altar at the north corner, some 
of which were lying upon and par- 
tially covering the adjoining small 
open stone-slab box but did not ap- 
pear to have been intended as a top Fic. 198,—Restoration of sunfish bowl from 
covering for it. These piles of frag- ak 
ments appeared to be the remains of large vessels intentionally 
broken against the hard rim of the fire bowl, either by the owners at 
the time the building was deserted or by the enemy. 
A study of these fragments showed that if the vessels had been 
purposely broken some of the sherds had been removed at some 
later time. Considerable portions of several vessels were found, but 
no fragments constituting an entire one. The vessels shown in 
Figures 197, 198, 199, and Plate 134, 6, are restorations from some 
of these sherds. 
