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shallow vessel. The covering vessel was three-fourths inch thick 

 and had a rim 1 inch thick. It was a basin-shaped textile vessel 

 of a type often called a "salt pan." It was only about 8 inches 

 below the surface, and both vessels were badly cracked when found. 



Feature No. #. — Two pots, broken but nearly complete, were found 

 and are shown in plate 69, a. The larger pot was inverted, with the 

 bottom broken out. The smaller pot lay beside it, and one side had 

 been broken. 



Feature No. 3. — This was a circular fire pit, near stake 12.10 (pi. 

 69, &), and was made of hard-baked red clay. It was found to have 

 a diameter of 17 inches and a depth of 6 inches. This fireplace was 

 regularly shaped. Its walls were 2 inches thick. It was filled with 

 soil containing mussel shells and many bone fragments. 



Feature No. 4- — On the hardpan, about 14 inches below the surface 

 of the field, a burned structure was found (pi. 70, a). This seemed 

 to indicate that a roof of logs covered with split cane and grass 

 had been present on the site at some time. The form of the building 

 was difficult to determine, but the large logs of the fallen building 

 seem to radiate from a center, suggesting a leaning together of posts 

 at the top, wigwam fashion. When the charred remains of the logs 

 and thatch were cleared away a post-mold pattern was revealed 

 which was about 11 feet wide and 12 feet long. Within this pattern 

 of molds there was a well -prepared floor of hard clay which con- 

 tained a number of post molds somewhat larger in diameter than 

 the wall molds, a small depression, a fireplace, and two stones. 



The depression, which was 13 inches in diameter, had smooth walls 

 Avhich sloped gently downward to a depth of 4 inches at the center. 

 The fireplace was an area on the floor, blackened and burned by 

 fire action, which contained three sandstone boulders, as shown in 

 plate 71. The stone (i) was a sandstone which lay on top of the 

 burned structure, while the stone ( j) was a limestone which lay upon 

 the floor. The location of the structure is shown on the plat, 

 figure 49. 



On the floor of the structure were three bowls, two small pots, 

 one large pot badly broken, one drilled mussel shell, a stone quoit, 

 a burned deer antler, and a crude implement. About 8 inches above 

 the structure floor, and within this area, a brass ring 1 inch in 

 diameter was found. This ring seemed to have been cut by a 

 hacksaw from the end of a brass pipe. Its seeming association 

 here may be wholly accidental. Plate 71 shows also the vessels in 

 situ. The condition of this structure, thought to be a dwelling, 

 with artifacts and pottery scattered about the floor, would seem to 

 suggest that this building was hastily deserted by its occupants 

 without the complete removal of their household property. Whether 



