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mg up to the level of the structure floor, Feature No. 12, with which 

 it was surely associated. Plate 60, &, shows a portion of the charred 

 parts in situ, forming the south wall. Eemnants of the woven cane 

 matting covering the artifacts may be seen. 



Feature No. 15. — South of stake 4.5 a clay pit appeared on the 

 same floor level as Feature No. 14. This pit was not lined with 

 burned clay and the contents showed no evidence of burning in situ. 

 It was, however, filled with ashes to a depth of some 4 inches. These 

 ashes contained potsherds and charred wood. Below this the fill 

 was of the usual midden material. This pit was 7 feet long, 4.6 

 inches broad, and had an interior depth of 29 inches. 



Feature No. 16. — At 34 inches above the hardpan a second post- 

 mold pattern was discovered. The post molds were so numerous at 

 this level that it was difficult to determine exactly what molds should 

 be assigned to this level. Some shallow molds protruded from the 

 structures above, and a few may belong to lower levels. The floor 

 here was a definite one, and was covered with a thin layer of white 

 sand. The extension of molds from the structure above, and the 

 extension of deep pits through this floor, increased the difficulty of 

 determining which molds belonged to the structure at this level. At 

 this level on the northern end, as the floor was being shaved off to 

 complete a line of post molds, Burial No. 5 was encountered. In 

 plate 56, &, the top level shown is the floor described as Feature 

 No. 16. 



Feature No. 17. — At 22 inches above the hardpan a third post-mold 

 pattern, outlining a structure, appeared, as shown on the base plat, 

 figure 44. The molds were well defined and indicated a rectangular 

 structure 36 feet long by 33.5 feet wide. At the time the photograph 

 (pi. 61) was taken the holes varied from 12 inches to 15 inches in 

 depth, but they were much deeper when originally found. The 

 south row was located with difficulty and only by shaving deeper than 

 the other sides. On the northern end some holes seemed to be miss- 

 ing, and three located there, indicated by a cross, may have extended 

 downward from the structure above. In the southwest corner, due 

 to an extension of a midden area, Feature No. 23, no molds were 

 observable. 



Feature No. 18. — At 20 inches above the hardpan a post-mold pat- 

 tern indicated a skewed rectangular structure, some 22 feet long and 

 of undetermined width. The extension of Feature No. 5 downward 

 and the nearness of the floor of Feature No. 17 obscured or destroyed 

 the western boundary of this structure. 



Feature No. 19. — At 22 inches above the hardpan a definite post- 

 mold pattern showed a structure nearly square, 17 feet long by 17 

 feet wide. The southern side of this pattern had been destroyed 



