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the burning of the structure was accidental or intentional could not 

 be determined. 



Feature No. 5. — This was an area of bright-red clay surrounded 

 by yellow clay. The area v\ as 22 inches in diameter and had a small 

 depression in the center. 



Feature No. 6. — This was a small depression filled with burned 

 cobs and fragments of charcoal, near stake 9.10. 



Feature No. 7. — A small pit 10 inches in diameter filled with gas- 

 tropod and mussel shells, evidently a cache of shells, near stake 8.7. 



Feature No. 8. — This was a fireplace. It was nearly square, 17 

 inches on a side, with rounded corners sunk into the yellow clay 

 near stake 8.11. The sides and bottom of the pit were baked a 

 deep red. The pit was filled with fine ashes. 



Feature No. 9. — A rectangular area 20 by 23 feet was sur- 

 rounded by large post molds. The general outline of the structure 

 was distinct, but no well-defined rows of molds were apparent. It 

 appeared that several structures of approximately the same size 

 and orientation had been constructed on this exact spot. The walls 

 of these different structures so nearly coincided that individual molds 

 of later buildings cut into earlier molds, so that the present molds 

 are elongated ovals in cross section, as shown in plate 72. Certainly 

 two and perhaps three structures have been located here, accounting 

 for this extreme density of post molds on a relatively small area. 

 There was no evidence of any burned structure on this floor. From 

 the general condition it was believed that had the structure been 

 covered with earth when it burned it would have been preserved. 

 This would seem to point to a structure not earth-covered or else 

 to structures on the same spot. It is to be noted that the logs used 

 in this structure were large — 8 inches or more in diameter — and that 

 they were not set close together as in the ordinary "small-log" con- 

 struction of dwellings. 



Feature No. 10. — A large rectangular post-mold pattern 41 by 43 

 feet located as shown on the plat, figure 49. The soil covering this 

 area was about 14 inches deep and the whole floor surface of the 

 structure had been destroyed by cultivation. The southwest corner 

 was deeply eroded and all the molds had been removed. The hard- 

 pan was a heavy red clay in which the molds still showed to a depth 

 of 6 to 8 inches. The northwest corner of this structure is shown 

 in plate 70, b. It is possible that this area may have been a "chunky" 

 yard, as two discoidals were found within its boundaries. 



Feature No. 11. — A storage pit about 30 inches in diameter and 33 

 inches deep was found sunk into the red-clay hardpan, near stake 

 5.8 and within the post-mold pattern Feature No. 10. A small 

 amount of charcoal covered the bottom, which was flat. The char- 



