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one saucerlike depression after another with practically the same 

 result, merely a dark stain running down perhaps 2 feet, a few par- 

 ticles of charcoal, a chip or two, a reject perchance, or perhaps a 

 small potsherd — such were the contents of the average pit. 



Fig. 38 Cross section of the wall and ditch at Double W'all 



Fig. 39 Cross section of typical refuse pit at Double Wall 



Red or black ash layers were of the commonest occurrence here, 

 generally about 3 or 4 feet in diameter and 12 to 16 inches deep. 

 They rarely contained an}1;hing of interest, but were remarkable oi: 

 account of their number, especially the red ones, which were some- 

 times within a foot or two of each other, or even coalesced. The 

 black or Indian surface layer seldom reached a depth of over S 

 inches and was thickest on the ravine side. Specimens from the site 

 were not abundant, nor had they much individual character. Typical 

 Iroquoian celts, pottery and triangular arrowheads told the story, 

 iiowever. The pottery was much like that found at the Silverheels 

 site, only ruder, having much the same style of raised rim. Still 

 the '' knobbed-rim " pottery, so characteristic of the Silverheels 

 stronghold, did not appear here. The only pipe found was a plain 

 terra cotta affair with no salient characters by which it might be 



