. Bulletin. Ethnology. 94 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BuU. 158 straight-sided Cacl>e Pit Undercut Coctie Pit Firepit. Figure 45.—Feature 23, Phillips Ranch site. Feature 15 (fig. 46). Shape: Circular. Dimensions: Diameter, feet; depth, feet. Pit walls: Unfaced refuse. Floor: Tramped bottom of the pit. Roof supports: Four single and multiple primary supports set in a square around the firepit. A fifth post had been set about midway between the southern pair of primary supports. The wall posts were set in a double row of light members with occasional heavy ones interspersed. Entran
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 94 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BuU. 158 straight-sided Cacl>e Pit Undercut Coctie Pit Firepit. Figure 45.—Feature 23, Phillips Ranch site. Feature 15 (fig. 46). Shape: Circular. Dimensions: Diameter, feet; depth, feet. Pit walls: Unfaced refuse. Floor: Tramped bottom of the pit. Roof supports: Four single and multiple primary supports set in a square around the firepit. A fifth post had been set about midway between the southern pair of primary supports. The wall posts were set in a double row of light members with occasional heavy ones interspersed. Entrance: Opening slightly north of east. Firepit: Three shallow basins filled with whitish ash. Two of them were located near the center of the floor, and the third in line between the center of the floor and the entrance. Floor pits: One basin-shaped cache in near the south wall of the house. Comments: Directly opposite the entrance there was an earthen "altar" 11 by 7 feet and foot thick. The three sides within the house were beveled inward at the top. No offerings of any kind were found in association with this feature. The large size, deeper pit, central location in the vUlage, and the presence of the "altar" all seem to indicate that Feature 15 had some specialized function, presumably similar to that of the historic Arikara ceremonial lodge. Feature 15 had been extensively remodeled. An additional row of wall posts had been added around the southwest quadrant of the house, the new posts extending across the back of 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.
Size: 1903px × 1313px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectethnolo, bookyear1901
