. Bulletin. Ethnology. Rlv. Bas. Sur. Pap. No. 23] McNARY RESERVOIRâSHINER 219 Houses 5 and 6 were both considerably smaller than the average for the village or the region (fig. 30). House pit 6 was 13 feet long and 121^ feet wide, and house pit 5 was 16 feet by 121/2 feet. The pits were tangent, and in neither pit was there evidence of backdirt from the construction of the other, Tliis led to the belief that the two were occupied contemporaneously. The few artifacts found in the two houses showed no significant differences, but there is still no proof that they represented a single dwelling.


. Bulletin. Ethnology. Rlv. Bas. Sur. Pap. No. 23] McNARY RESERVOIRâSHINER 219 Houses 5 and 6 were both considerably smaller than the average for the village or the region (fig. 30). House pit 6 was 13 feet long and 121^ feet wide, and house pit 5 was 16 feet by 121/2 feet. The pits were tangent, and in neither pit was there evidence of backdirt from the construction of the other, Tliis led to the belief that the two were occupied contemporaneously. The few artifacts found in the two houses showed no significant differences, but there is still no proof that they represented a single dwelling. No timbers or other evidence of superstructure were found, nor were postholes \^'.'. â ..'.'â .'.'.'.â .'.â '..'.â '.â . '. JILTV SAND ^: â VOLCANIC ASM .".'.'r:;".'.';;'.'.'."'.':"Sterile"""â ".""â "â ""â "â 'â "â " HOUSE PITS 5 &6 SITE 45-BN-6 Figure 30.âHouse pits 5 and 6, site 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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