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line began and ended with a very large mold. Another large mold 

 was exactly midway between the two end molds. Extending from 

 the first to the last of these large molds was a shallow trench about 

 1 foot wide, 6 inches deep, and 16 feet long. This trench was filled 

 with ashes, earth, and charcoal, and the bottom of the trench showed 

 evidence of fire hardening. In this trench, and between the first 

 and second large post molds in the north half of the line, were eight 

 smaller molds. 



An important discovery on the floor was Feature No. 24, a clay 

 seat of two steps. It is shown in plate 27, #, just emerging from 

 the earth of the fallen roof. This seat was made of hard-packed 

 clay, fire-baked. The top step was approximately rectangular. The 

 lower step was semicircular in form. The dimensions of the seat 

 are shown in figure 15. It was nonsymmetrically placed near the 



SITE 5 

 1RVIN MOUND 

 FEATURE 24 



Figure 15. 



southeast corner of Structure No. 2 and was built immediately 

 against the east wall. The post molds of the east wall extended up 

 past both steps of the seat, as shown in plate 129, b, where it is placed 

 for comparison with other similar seats found in other town-house 

 sites. 



In order to show the manner of construction at the corners of 

 Structure No. 2 the northeast corner was cut down on the outside to 

 show a longitudinal section of the post molds. This section is shown 

 in plate 28, a. On the left is shown a longitudinal section of post 

 molds of the north end of the east wall. The posts were set in a 

 trench about 20 inches deep which terminated 2 feet short of the 

 north wall. Here several smaller stakes were driven in the floor to a 



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