STRUCTURE D

An exploratory trench was dug northward several yards from a point on

Wall D, on axis with Structure B. An irregularly shaped remnant of

unmortared-brick structure, varying between two and three bricks wide

and one course high was discovered at the undisturbed level. This

measured 8.5 feet by 6 feet. Adjacent to it, extending 5.8 feet and

having a width varying from 6.5 to 7 feet, was a pit 2 feet 8 inches

deep, dug 2 feet below the undisturbed clay level, and filled with a

heavy deposit of artifacts, oystershells, and animal bones. The artifact

remains were the richest in the entire site. Some of the most

significant of these are the following:

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