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one at a time. As shown in plate 56, #, trench floors were kept clean, 

 and vertical profiles every 10 feet were photographed and recorded. 

 The method of slicing in 10-foot trenches was continued until the 

 presence of the remains of structures was detected. The method was 

 then abandoned, and the mound was topped in horizontal layers and 

 blocked out to uncover post-mold patterns. All four faces of the 

 mound were cleared by trenching before horizontal slicing was be- 

 gun. There were only three definite floors discovered, although in- 

 dications of at least five structures were found within the mound 

 proper. It is possible that there were as many as seven structures. 

 When the trenches reached the original hardpan under the eroded 

 portion of the mound a complex system of post molds was found, 

 indicating the presence of a village site and long occupancy before 

 the mound was constructed. Special features to the number of 23 

 were located on the base chart shown in figure 44, and are listed and 

 described in order. 



Special Features 



Feature No. 1. — Outside the mound limits on the hardpan surface, 

 near stake 2.8, a pile of stones was located. This pile of stones 

 was in a charcoal area. Beneath them were animal teeth in a mid- 

 den deposit. The pile was 2 feet in diameter and 11 inches thick. 



Feature No. 2. — At stake 7.8 a circular pile of small stones, mixed 

 with charcoal and midden material, was found. The pile was 2.5 

 feet in diameter and 9 inches thick. Associated with this material 

 was a stone discoidal. 



Feature No. 3. — Seven feet east of Feature No. 2 was another cir- 

 cular pile of stones in charcoal and bone refuse. It was 2.7 feet 

 in diameter and 12 inches thick. 



Feature No. i. — Southwest from stake 7.2 and on the undisturbed 

 base of the mound was an oval-shaped ash pit filled with ashes, 

 charcoal, potsherds, small stones, and midden material. This pit 

 was 3.8 feet long by 2.8 feet broad and extended down into the 

 hardpan. 



Feature No. 5. — About stake 8.1 there was a somewhat circular 

 ash heap, appearing in the post-mold region, but surrounded by no 

 definite outline. This heap of ashes was about 5.5 feet in diameter 

 and 12 inches thick. It contained potsherds, animal bones, a clay 

 quoit, and flint points. 



Feature No. 6. — Southwest of stake 7.4 was an oval-shaped ash pit 

 extending into the hardpan from the original humus. This pit was 

 4.3 feet by 3.2 feet. Its depth was uncertain since the walls had 

 been broken down. It was filled with the usual midden material. 



