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of a cane matting. Plate 33, a, shows this floor with seat and altar. 

 The seat shown in plate 128, &, was made of hard clay and was set 

 in the middle of the southeast wall of the structure and built up 

 against it. The dimensions of this seat are shown in figure 23. 

 Since this seat rested on a layer of midden soil 1 inch thick it would 

 seem that its construction had been subsequent to the laying of the 

 floor. 



The clay fireplace or altar was a rectangle, 52 inches by 40 inches, 

 with rounded corners. It was raised 2 inches above the floor level 



SITE 6 

 FEATURE 2 



FlGUBE 23. 



and had a central concave basin 18 inches in diameter. The whole 

 fireplace had a smooth surface and was well-made and hard-burned. 

 The basin, which was about 5 inches deep, was filled with white 

 ashes. 



The floor of the mound was covered by the remains of a partially 

 burned structure which had collapsed. Plate 134, a, shows a portion 

 of this burned structure resting on the clay altar. This material 

 consisted of small poles with cane and grass thatching. The only 

 other feature on the floor of this structure is indicated as Feature 

 No. 3 on the plat, figure 22. This was a small pit, 10 inches in diam- 

 eter and 10 inches deep, completely filled with several hundred im- 

 perforated gastropod shells. 



