. Bulletin. Ethnology. 60 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 176. 39LM57 SRD LEVEL Figure 5.—Representation of third level of occupation, which shows the arrangement of the narrow trenches of the earlier Fort Lookout and the various pits and ash concen- tration. Tliey possibly were the molds left by stringers, partially embedded in the soil, to support a floor. There was considerable evidence of a fire at this level also, and such timbers, thoroughly consumed, could well accomit for the ash-filled molds. Because of the suitability of the site a second building was placed there following the d
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 60 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 176. 39LM57 SRD LEVEL Figure 5.—Representation of third level of occupation, which shows the arrangement of the narrow trenches of the earlier Fort Lookout and the various pits and ash concen- tration. Tliey possibly were the molds left by stringers, partially embedded in the soil, to support a floor. There was considerable evidence of a fire at this level also, and such timbers, thoroughly consumed, could well accomit for the ash-filled molds. Because of the suitability of the site a second building was placed there following the destruction of the first. How long an interval may have elapsed between the fire and the new construction is not known, but there was nothing in the deposits to suggest that it was an appreciable one. Removal of debris from the fire and leveling of the site to prepare it for the new building could easily have been responsible for the disturbance of some of the trenches and the obliteration of the ends of others. It also could have destroyed evidence for a period of nonoccupation. Several years' accumulation of wind-blown materials probably would produce only a thin layer of sterile deposit. Inside the trench-filled area was another of the rectangular pits with vertical walls and flat base, Feature 44, illustrated in plate 14, 5, and figure 5. This pit was similar to those found earlier in the dig with the exception that it was more carefully built and of greater depth. Throughout the fill of this pit were the ever-present glass trade beads of various sizes and colors and square-cut nails. Again, we do not know the true function of such pits, for they may have served either as cache pits or wine cellars. Two small shallow pits. Features 14 and 32, were uncovered at this level. They also contained glass beads and in one there was a single square-cut nail. Both were filled with ash-laden Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have bee
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