. Bulletin. Ethnology. 72 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 122 sides of a 100-foot square, which was staked in 5-foot blocks and elevation taken from which the plat was drawn. Both of these trenches were carried down to a depth of feet, which was below shell deposit and into virgin sandy clay. At the northern ends of these trenches water was again struck at a depth of about 2 feet and excavation was temporarily abandoned in these trenches until the water table lowered. Trench 100 was begun, which ran east to west across the crest of the mound. This resulted in outlining a 100-foot squar
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 72 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 122 sides of a 100-foot square, which was staked in 5-foot blocks and elevation taken from which the plat was drawn. Both of these trenches were carried down to a depth of feet, which was below shell deposit and into virgin sandy clay. At the northern ends of these trenches water was again struck at a depth of about 2 feet and excavation was temporarily abandoned in these trenches until the water table lowered. Trench 100 was begun, which ran east to west across the crest of the mound. This resulted in outlining a 100-foot square as shown in plate 70, a. Because of the discontinuance of the labor supply it was only possible to excavate sixty of the four hundred. TENNESSEE RIVER I i Liv 36 EXCAVATED AREA SCALE 50 25 O 50 Figure 16. 5-foot squares thus surveyed. A second trench in the southwestern portion of mound B, and a trench in mound A, as shown in the plat of the site, allowed an additional eighteen 5-foot squares to be ex- cavated before the close of the work on this site because of a shortage of labor. The mound was found to consist of a village deposit of kitchen midden of mussel and univalve shells and sandy soil. There were fragments of pottery, animal bones, and other refuse. The shell at its deepest point ended at feet below the surface, while the average depth was about 2 feet. The layer of topsoil was generally about 6 inches thick. Twenty-nine fireplaces and clay floors were found (pi. 71, 5). They ranged from a depth of 1 foot to feet, the majority being at 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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