. Bulletin. Ethnology. 52 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Boll. 192. nag. ^ Figure 3.—Plan of House 8. Drawn by Donald F. McGeein. inches above the floor. These charred remams were eventually buried under midden deposits 2 to 4 feet deep. The stratigraphy of the mound (see X-Y on the profile of the south face of Trench 51, fig. 5) shows that the house had been built during the early history of this part of the site; the unbroken layers above the fill attest its relatively great age. WALLS The walls of House 8 were of planks spht from straight-grained wood that was free of knots, probably spruce.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 52 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Boll. 192. nag. ^ Figure 3.—Plan of House 8. Drawn by Donald F. McGeein. inches above the floor. These charred remams were eventually buried under midden deposits 2 to 4 feet deep. The stratigraphy of the mound (see X-Y on the profile of the south face of Trench 51, fig. 5) shows that the house had been built during the early history of this part of the site; the unbroken layers above the fill attest its relatively great age. WALLS The walls of House 8 were of planks spht from straight-grained wood that was free of knots, probably spruce. They were not smoothed on the surfaces. They varied in width from 1 to 2% feet and in thickness from about )^ to over IJ^ inches. When the house was burned, the upper parts of the walls fell into the house; no wall fragments were found outside. The plan (fig. 3) shows that a number of wall planks were missing. Possibly these had been salvaged after the fire. The gap in the. 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 American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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