. Bulletin. Ethnology. 156 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 118 Feature No. lJ^.—This was a hard-packed floor at a depth of 3 feet 2 inches. It was outlined by post molds on three sides. This floor was 45 feet wide and 53 feet long. On the east the floor had been destroyed by erosion. On the floor were three fire pits and six ash pits. These are to be seen in plate 101. The floor, which was made of hard-packed clay, was built on sand raised 4 feet above the hard- >00 0 0 00 OOOOO oOO o o oo o0ooo0 / 1 oooooOpo I. PASH PIT Figube 65. SITE 17 MOUND 3 FEATURE 14 SCALE 10 8 6 4 2 0 10 i i—i
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 156 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 118 Feature No. lJ^.—This was a hard-packed floor at a depth of 3 feet 2 inches. It was outlined by post molds on three sides. This floor was 45 feet wide and 53 feet long. On the east the floor had been destroyed by erosion. On the floor were three fire pits and six ash pits. These are to be seen in plate 101. The floor, which was made of hard-packed clay, was built on sand raised 4 feet above the hard- >00 0 0 00 OOOOO oOO o o oo o0ooo0 / 1 oooooOpo I. PASH PIT Figube 65. SITE 17 MOUND 3 FEATURE 14 SCALE 10 8 6 4 2 0 10 i i—i r-n i ——3 FEET pan. Features Nos. 11, 12, and 13 were associated with this floor. At the southwest corner of the structure floor there was a clay ramp (Feature No. 15) which ran from the floor level down to the original humus line. This would seem to indicate that at the time of occu- pation the floor was at a higher level than the surrounding village site. A plat structure pattern is shown in figure 65. Feature No. 15.—This feature was a ramp of clay, shown in plate 102. It was 35 feet long, and was definitely constructed to give ac-. 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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