webb] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 157 



cess to the structure floor. The sides of the ramp were somewhat 

 cut down by workmen before its true nature was discovered. 



Feature No. 16. — After the floor of Structure No. 1 had been thor- 

 oughly investigated, excavation was continued. Immediately an- 

 other prepared floor, shown in plate 99, &, was found at a depth of 

 1 foot 4 inches below the floor of Feature No. 14. On the floor, 

 southwest of stake 2.1, was a circular fire basin 20 inches in diameter 

 and 3 inches deep. 



Feature No. 17. — Southwest of stake 5.0 was a baked-clay fire basin 

 on this third floor level. The basin was very well made, elliptical 

 in form. It was 18 inches wide, 24 inches long, and 2 inches deep. 



Feature No. 18. — This was a clay fire basin on the third-floor level, 

 18 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. It was southwest of stake 

 5.2. This basin was filled with ashes. Its preservation was very 

 poor. 



Feature No. 19. — This was a circular, baked fire basin, southwest of 

 stake 6.2. It was 24 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. It rested 

 on the third-floor level. 



Feature No. 20. — This was a circular baked-clay basin, southwest 

 of stake 6.3. This basin was 24 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. 

 It was badly broken. 



Feature No. 21. — This was a clay floor at a depth of 4 feet 6 inches 

 below the mound surface and 1 foot 4 inches below the floor of 

 Structure No. 1. This floor had on it five fire pits and the partial out- 

 line of a small structure. The outline of this floor was not traced to 

 its full extent. Excavation failed to extend far enough to the east 

 and south to take in all of the floor in those directions. This mound 

 lay partially in an orchard and the owner, in giving permission to 

 excavate, had reserved several trees from disturbance. The floor ex- 

 tended under these trees and into the area which was not permitted to 

 be excavated. On the portion of the floor uncovered, five fire basins 

 (Features Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20) were found. Burned grass and 

 charred cane were present on the mound floor. The entire floor showed 

 evidence of having on it burned material. Very little pottery was 

 found between this floor and that of Structure No. 1. The floor was 

 2.5 feet above the hardpan on the average, and had been raised upon 

 sand. 



The floor was cut through to determine if any floors lay below. 

 None were found, but the humus layer under the mound bore all the 

 evidence of an ancient village site. Work was proceeding at this 

 site when the time arrived for closing the archaeological project in 

 the Norris Basin. Had time permitted, it is believed that it would 

 have been possible to have found other rectangular patterns of post 

 molds in the old village site under this mound. 



