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of ash; below this the natural, undisturbed lateritic clay was a bright 
orange red. This same color line is evident in ditches throughout the 
site, the only difference being that in some places the refuse deposit 
extends to a depth of 50 cm. 
A stratigraphic excavation was placed in an undisturbed sector 
of the lawn near the northeast corner of the Government Rest House 
(pl. 14, 6). This was near the center of the site and not far from a 
drainage ditch in which potsherds were exposed. The cut was laid 
out 2 meters in a north-south direction by 4 meters in an east-west 
direction. The grass layer 1 to 2 cm. thick was removed and then 
the excavation was controlled in 8-cm. levels. Conditions were as 
follows: 
Level 0-8 cm___---- Soil compact, dull reddish-orange with a gray hue. 
Iron concretions abundant. Sherds rather small and 
very soft due to the damp soil. 
Level 8-16 cm_____-_ Soil conditions the same. 
Level 16-24 cm___. No change in conditions; refuse concentrated in the 
eastern 14 of the cut. 
Level 24-32 em____-_ Eastern end of the cut produced 90 percent of the sherds 
of this level. This area shows decided soil discolora- 
tion with a blackish red-orange hue. 
Level 32-40 cm_____ Concentrations of dark soil and fine ash intermixed 
continues in the east end of the cut. 
Level 40-48 cm_____ Except at the east end of the cut, the soil has turned 
to sterile, bright orange red, lateritie clay with 
abundant iron concretions. Hearth area with fire- 
burnt rocks in east end, 1 meter from the east wall 
and 25 cm. from the south wall; the area measured 
20 em. square with rocks arranged to form a bed 
7-9 em. thick. All the sherds in this level came 
from either the hearth itself or within a radius of 
50 cm. around it. 
Level 48-56 em___-_ Sterile, bright red-orange lateritic soil appears at 52 
em. A complete Aruka Incised bowl surrounded 
with fire-burnt rocks and miscellaneous sherds came 
from this level, partially embedded in the southeast 
corner of the cut. Since the adjacent drainage 
ditch was 80 cm. deep and a nearby sewage channel 
went to a depth of 1.50 meters, it was not necessary 
to test the sterile soil of the bottom of this cut 
beyond making a few test holes to guarantee that 
the entire cut had reached the red-orange lateritic 
clay composing the natural hill. 
East end extension_. In order to increase the sherd sample the east end, 
which had produced the darkest soil discoloration 
and greatest refuse concentration, was extended 50 
em. to the east by 1.25 em. wide. Soil conditions 
identical to the rest of cut. All the specimens 
from this extension placed under a_ separate 
eatalog number. 
