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Feature No. 1. — In the main north trench, and 19 inches below 

 the ground surface, a shallow pit filled with shells, ashes, pottery, 

 etc., was found. The pit was oval in shape, 4 feet wide and 13 feet 

 long, and extended through the humus layer into the hardpan. The 



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hardpan had been scraped out to a depth of 5 inches in order to 

 form this pit. The midden deposit, which was 14 inches in depth, 

 contained mussel shells, pottery fragments, including broken pieces 

 of a painted vessel, fragments of animal bones, and some small pieces 

 of mica. 



