. Chapters in the prehistory of eastern Arizona. X-,'. Fig. 8. Pithouse A, Goesling Site, showing postholes, firepit in center and southern recess in background. Arrow 50 cm. long points north; meter stick in background. more than 20 meters to the north. We have called them storage pits but this designation is simply a guess. GOESLING SITE (Figures 8-11) The Goesling Site is situated on a bluff above the valley of the Little Colorado River about one mile east of the river and south of the St. Johns- Salt Lake Highway. Shape.—The pithouses were roughly "D''-shaped, with the flat side to th


. Chapters in the prehistory of eastern Arizona. X-,'. Fig. 8. Pithouse A, Goesling Site, showing postholes, firepit in center and southern recess in background. Arrow 50 cm. long points north; meter stick in background. more than 20 meters to the north. We have called them storage pits but this designation is simply a guess. GOESLING SITE (Figures 8-11) The Goesling Site is situated on a bluff above the valley of the Little Colorado River about one mile east of the river and south of the St. Johns- Salt Lake Highway. Shape.—The pithouses were roughly "D''-shaped, with the flat side to the south. Greatest inside diameter: Pithouse A, meters; Pithouse B, meters. Walls.—Excavated into gravelly earth. A veneer of slabs laid in abun- dant mortar reinforced the north and east walls of Pithouse A (fig. 10) and pebble veneer may have strengthened the north wall of Pithouse B. A single coat of plaster cm. thick was laid on the north wall of Pit- house 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 Martin, Paul S. (Paul Sidney), 1899-1974; Rinaldo, John B. (John Beach), 1912- joint author; Longacre, William A. , 1937- joint author; Cronin, Constance joint author; Freeman, Leslie G. joint author; Schoenwetter, James joint author; Ross, Lillian A. editor. [Chicago] Chicago Natural History Museum


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