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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 'J2 



Mound Xo. I on the north side of the plaza is i8o feet across the 

 base and 25 feet high. It is the most conspicuous mound in the 

 group. Lack of funds prevented its exploration. 



House circle No. 6 was one of the group of buildings, Nos. 6, 10, 

 and II, whose functions were doubtless closely interwoven. No. 6 

 contained in its center an altar or fire-bowl. 



There was evidence that this town had either been taken by an 

 enemy and burned, or the ancient inhabitants, forced to flee, had 

 burned their homes to prevent their falling into the hands of the 

 invader. 



Fig. 132. — House circle No. 17. Cleared floor of wigwam, showing ancient 

 fire-bowl. Body of child was found by side of upright stone. Its head rested 

 within edge of fire-bowl. Top edges of upright stone slab sides of another 

 coffin in corner to right of women. 



House circle No. 17, shown in figure 132, was a typical dwelling. 

 It was evidently the home of a neat housekeeper. No broken animal 

 bones, pottery, fragments, or other evidences of untidiness littered 

 the floor. The floor was of hard -packed clay and a fire-bowl was 

 sunk in the center of the floor. At this fir,e-bowl a puzzling burial 

 was unearthed. A child, about eight years of age, was buried by 

 the side of the upright stone slab, with its head resting just within 

 the extreme edge of the fire-bowl, whose rim had been cut away at 

 this point to admit the top of the child's head. The fire-bowl was 

 found still filled with ashes, and although the ashes covered the top 



