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The mound was approximately 60 feet in diameter and about 5 

 feet high. It was impossible to determine its original size and 

 shape because of erosion. The humus line was poorly defined under 

 a primary floor. The excavations here revealed that there had been 

 at least three structures erected on this site, each having a post- 

 mold pattern and a prepared floor. Evidence of a tertiary floor 

 was encountered about 1 foot below the apex of the mound. This 

 floor was badly torn up by the plow and it was impossible to follow 

 it with sufficient exactness to make sure of its extent or to locate the 

 structure which may have been upon it. 



A secondary floor was discovered 14 inches below the tertiary floor. 

 This floor revealed a rectangular post-mold pattern 24 feet by 30 

 feet, as shown in figure 26. The north side of this pattern was 

 made up of three lines of molds at the eastern end of the wall. It 

 is possible that a portion of this pattern, as well as a portion of 

 the south wall, may be due to the extension of posts of the tertiary 

 structure down into the secondary floor. This point was difficult 

 to determine because of the disturbance above this level. Plate 35, a, 

 shows this secondary floor 34 inches above the primary floor. In 

 the secondary floor was an elliptical pit, 8 feet 7 inches by 28 

 inches and 18 inches deep, near the east end of the structure. This 

 pit was well defined with hard-baked bottom and sides which were 

 cracked as if by heat. (PI. 36, a.) 



At the base of the mound the primary floor with rectangular 

 post-mold pattern was uncovered, as shown in plate 34. This struc- 

 ture was 25 feet by 35 feet. The floor plan is shown in figure 27. 

 This building was constructed in the usual way, i. e., by excavating 

 four trenches for the reception of the base ends of vertical posts. 

 Horizontal molds inside the structure at the top of the trenches and 

 outside the structure at the bottom of the trenches, as shown in plate 

 36, Z>, were made by the decay of logs laid horizontally to brace the 

 vertical posts. The plat of the floor shows that the trenches stopped 

 before reaching the corners. These trenches were 12 inches wide 

 and 14 inches deep. The primary floor, shown in plate 35, b, ex- 

 tended beyond the structure walls about 2 feet. Plate 35, c, is a 

 view of the southeast corner of the primary floor, showing a cross 

 section of the vertical post molds in the trench and, at a lower level 

 and outside, horizontal log molds. The figure also shows the shallow 

 small molds at the corner, arranged in an arc. In this picture (pi. 

 35, d) another corner of this structure is shown, illustrating how the 

 small stakes at the corners were driven into the floor. 



On the primary floor and centrally located almost against the east 

 wall was a clay seat. The base of this seat was 6 feet 6 inches. It 

 was 24 inches broad and had a vertical thickness of 12 inches. This 



