. Bulletin. Ethnology. WEBB] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 49 line began and ended with a very large mold. Another large mold was exactly midway between the two end molds. Extending from the first to the last of these large molds was a shallow trench about 1 foot wide, 6 inches deep, and 16 feet long. This trench was filled with ashes, earth, and charcoal, and the bottom of the trench showed evidence of fire hardening. In this trench, and between the first and second large post molds in the north half of the line, were eight smaller molds. An important discovery on the floor was Featur
. Bulletin. Ethnology. WEBB] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 49 line began and ended with a very large mold. Another large mold was exactly midway between the two end molds. Extending from the first to the last of these large molds was a shallow trench about 1 foot wide, 6 inches deep, and 16 feet long. This trench was filled with ashes, earth, and charcoal, and the bottom of the trench showed evidence of fire hardening. In this trench, and between the first and second large post molds in the north half of the line, were eight smaller molds. An important discovery on the floor was Feature No. 24, a clay seat of two steps. It is shown in plate 27, #, just emerging from the earth of the fallen roof. This seat was made of hard-packed clay, fire-baked. The top step was approximately rectangular. The lower step was semicircular in form. The dimensions of the seat are shown in figure 15. It was nonsymmetrically placed near the. SITE 5 1RVIN MOUND FEATURE 24 Figure 15. southeast corner of Structure No. 2 and was built immediately against the east wall. The post molds of the east wall extended up past both steps of the seat, as shown in plate 129, b, where it is placed for comparison with other similar seats found in other town-house sites. In order to show the manner of construction at the corners of Structure No. 2 the northeast corner was cut down on the outside to show a longitudinal section of the post molds. This section is shown in plate 28, a. On the left is shown a longitudinal section of post molds of the north end of the east wall. The posts were set in a trench about 20 inches deep which terminated 2 feet short of the north wall. Here several smaller stakes were driven in the floor to a 154676—38 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ame
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