Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Section through CD. Fig. 295.—Sections of cavate lodges, group A. feet in diameter, and with its floor sunk to the level of the floor of themain room. East of the cove there is another cist about 4£ feet indiameter and with its floor on the level of the cove. Adjoining it onthe south and leading out from the southeastern corner of the cove orbay, there is a long passage leading into an almost circular room 9feet in diameter. The back wall of this room is 33 feet from the faceof the cliff. The passage
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Section through CD. Fig. 295.—Sections of cavate lodges, group A. feet in diameter, and with its floor sunk to the level of the floor of themain room. East of the cove there is another cist about 4£ feet indiameter and with its floor on the level of the cove. Adjoining it onthe south and leading out from the southeastern corner of the cove orbay, there is a long passage leading into an almost circular room 9feet in diameter. The back wall of this room is 33 feet from the faceof the cliff. The passage leading into it is 6 feet long, 2h feet wide atthe doorways, bulging slightly in the center, audits floor is on the samelevel as the rooms it connects; its eastern end is defined by a ridge ofclay about 6 inches M1NDELEFF CAVATE LODGE GROUND PLANS. 231 In the eastern side of the circular room last described there is astorage cist about 3 feet wide aud 2 feet deep. No fire-pit was seenin this cluster, although if the principal apartment were carefullycleaned out it is not improbable that one might be found. A cluster of rooms somewhat resembling the last described is shownin plan in figure 29(5. This cluster occurs at the point marked B on themap. The main room is set back 5£ feet from the face of the bluff,which is vertical at this point, and is oblong in shape, measuring 19£by Hi feet. Its roof is lh feet above the floor in the center of theroom. Attached to its southern end by a passage only a foot in lengthis a small room or storage cist about 5 feet in diameter. At its north-eastern corner there is another room or cist similar in shape, about 7feet in diameter, and reached by a passage 2 feet long. This small N
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