Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ospect hole. This pit had been left open, and its positionhigh ou the hill had prevented rapid tilling. When the Bureau began its work of excavation the owners of thequarry had already uncovered a portion of the ancient (juarry floor,which rises from the stream bed at a low angle, so that at oO feet it isabout 10 feet above the stream and not more than 4 or .> feet beneaththe slope surface. But little stone had been removed by the ancientworkmen, although evidences of excavation and cutting were disti
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ospect hole. This pit had been left open, and its positionhigh ou the hill had prevented rapid tilling. When the Bureau began its work of excavation the owners of thequarry had already uncovered a portion of the ancient (juarry floor,which rises from the stream bed at a low angle, so that at oO feet it isabout 10 feet above the stream and not more than 4 or .> feet beneaththe slope surface. But little stone had been removed by the ancientworkmen, although evidences of excavation and cutting were distinctlyseen, and a few stumps, scars, and bulbous chiseled masses appeared atthe upper edge. Soon after beginning work the floor was found to descend into numer-ous pits and depressions where the superior quality of the stone hadled the quarrymeu to iiersist in their work. The general level of thefloor was maintained for a distance of some 70 feet back into the hill,and the deeper pittlngs at the back reached 15 or 16 feet beneath the BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY RFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Pi_ lXXIII.
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