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transverse hollow showed merely a few ash beds and dark stains 

 but no traces of real habitation or burial. Among and near the 

 graves on the hilltop were occasional ash pits, generally small, and 

 large numbers of post holes whose relations and purpose could not 

 be traced out with the means at our disposal. 



TKE KEaTH site 

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Fig. 46 The Heath site, Rodman, after Harrington 



Near the bottom of the slope on both sides were morc refuse 

 deposits, as a rule not more than 14 to 18 inches deep and by no 

 means continuous. Among and along the upper edge of these were 

 a number of ash pits, usually on the northern side of the hill, rather 

 broad and shallow. As with the hilltop refuse heaps, most had 

 been worked over, but the ash pits were usually found intact. A 

 most important phenomeiia was the discovery b\' ])ostholing of a 

 trench now plowed full and level with the rest of the held skirting 

 the northern edge of the knoll along the low ground near the 

 swamp and swinging u]) and across the knoll just east of the natural 

 transverse hollow previously mentioned. In the northeast part of 

 the site one fancies that he can almost make out the outline of an 

 embankment. Althotigh it can not now l)e followed along the side 

 of the hill toward the creek, this trench or ditch is ])robab1y the 

 remains of the oval earthwork which, accordinjj to traditioii, sur- 



