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shape of the structure was definable. Inside the large (outside) struc- 

 ture there may possibly have been the outline of a smaller structure, as 

 the placement of the molds seemed to indicate that fact. Within this 

 structure, near its southeast corner, was a well-preserved fire pit of 

 irregular form about 6 feet by 8 feet. It contained bones, stones, and 

 shells mixed in ashes. This structure and fire pit are shown in the 

 foreground of plate 47. This structure may have predated the mound, 

 and was, or had been, demolished when the larger structures in the 

 mound were first constructed. Later erosion from the mound covered 

 the remains of this structure and incorporated it in the mound area. 



Feature No. IS. — Southwest of stake 11.10 was an ash bed 2 feet by 

 3 feet and some 3 inches thick. 



Feature No. 16. — Near stake 9.3 there was a horizontal mold con- 

 necting two post molds in yellow-clay hardpan. It was sharply defined 

 by black dirt running in a narrow strip in the yellow clay. The mold 

 was 5 feet 5 inches long and 4 inches wide. These molds do not form 

 a part of a defined structure. 



Feature No. 17. — A fire pit, near stake 6.5, lay just below the top 

 humus layer of the mound. This pit was so much disturbed and 

 broken by the plow that it was impossible to determine its exact 

 shape and orientation. The portion remaining was burned hard-red 

 to a depth of three- fourths inch and showed a definite curved edge. 

 It is believed that this pit belonged to the eighth structure in the 

 mound center, described as Feature No. 23. 



Feature No. 18. — At stake 8.5 and 6 feet above hardpan there was 

 a circular arrangement of 26 stones of varying sizes, to form a basin. 

 The basin was nearly circular, varying in diameter from 20 inches to 

 23 inches, and was 12 inches deep. This basin was filled with ashes 

 and midden material, but from all evidence was not related to any 

 structure. 



Feature No. 19. — Above the area covered by the seventh structure, 

 described later as Feature No. 27, many horizontal post molds were 

 found centered about stake 7.6. These molds, shown in plate 49, a, 

 were from 3.7 feet to 4.2 feet above the hardpan. They were defined 

 by soft material and decayed wood in harder mixed material. There 

 was a white ring of log mold around the soft decayed material. 

 These molds of varying sizes were irregularly arranged from 2 

 inches to 5 inches above the structure floor. They occur virtually 

 over the entire floor, but the greatest concentration is near the center 

 of the structure pattern. 



No evidence of fire was shown here, so it would seem reasonable to 

 suppose that the seventh structure was demolished and not burned 

 when the construction of the eighth building was begun. The entire 

 absence of charcoal on this site at all levels seems to show that none 



