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and bottom strata were heavy deposits of ash and charcoal in which 

 were numerous animal bones, pot fragments and flint chips and 

 fire-broken stones. 



The objects found in the layer directly beneath the top soil and 

 overlying the first floor of stone slabs are : i small celt, F200, i 

 rude celt, F201, 7 bone awls, F202 to 208 inclusive, 7 triangular 

 flint projectile points, F209 to 211, F2iia to 214 inclusive, a 

 quantity of charred corn, F140, i short rectangular iron bar, F226 

 and an iron-stained pebble found in contact with the bar, F241. 

 In the bottom layer were found, i bone bead in process, F215, 5 

 bone beads, F216 to 220 inclusive, i triangular flint point, F221, 2 

 pot rim points F222, 223, i fabric-marked sherd, F224, i bone plug, 

 F225. An animal bone evidently gnawed when fresh, F363, was 

 also found in the bottom layer. 



Pit 34 was a solid ash pit 4' 4" by 5' in top dimensions and 48" 

 deep. It contained a quantity of animal bones among which those 

 of deer, rabbits, beavers, heron and sturgeon were identified. 



The artifacts found are: i hollow handlelike bone, F227 [pi. 33,, 

 fig- 5]; I antler chisel, F228 [pi. 35, fig. 2], i fragment of per- 

 forated turtle shell, F229 [pi. 32, fig, 11], i conical worked pha- 

 lanx, F330 [pi. 32, fig. 4], I deer bone rubbed and shaped, i awl, 

 F231, 4 triangular points of flint, F232 to 235 inclusive, 2 pot rim 

 points, F237, 238, I bear tooth, F240. 



Pit 35 was a small pocket at 45' on the west side of trench 4. It 

 contained a few animal bones, an antler stub, i bone tube, F311, 

 I bone needle fragment, F312, 2 bone awls, F313, 314, and i flint 

 knife. 



Pit 36 in trench 4 at 50' on the west side adjoined pit 20 in 

 trench i. It was 34" in diameter and 36" deep. It was filled with 

 the ordinary pit soil in which were found cracked deer bones and 

 a few potsherds. 



Pit 37 in trench 4 on the east side was directly south of pit 34 

 and on its east side adjoined another pit that ran into the next 

 trench (afterward found to be pit 76). This pit was circular at the 

 top, 3' 8" in diameter and 30" deep. In the pit filling were a few 

 split deer bones and the fragments of several broken pottery vessels. 



Pit 38 in trench 4 at 55' in the middle of the trench was a small 

 ash pit 3' by 4' in top dimensions and 32" deep. The articles found 

 in this pit are: i section of an incised antler, F172, i worked bone, 

 FiQ4, I bone awl point, F198. 



Pit 41 in trench 4 was directly north of 38 and was separated 



