This house was built on top of subsoil and was rectangular in shape
(Fig. 31). The area of charred remains was ten feet by fifteen feet so
that the house itself must have been at least that large and probably
somewhat larger. Final excavation showed that no posts had been placed
in the ground to support the superstructure. The charred material found
on the floor indicated a house built of light poles, cane and thatch.
There was no evidence of the use of daub on either walls or roof of the
building. The main support poles were about .2 foot in diameter and
poles half this size were interwoven to form a widely spread lattice
work. Cane was fastened on this, apparently in layers, but there was no
evidence as to whether this was woven or bound into mat form. There was
no split cane in evidence, only whole cane poles (Fig. 32). Apparently
the entire house was covered with thatch since evidence of it was found
over the whole charred area and overlying the rest of the charred
material. The house did not have a fired clay floor. The floor was
highly compacted, however. There was a central firebasin made of puddled
clay which was two feet in diameter, six inches deep with the lip level
with the floor. It was filled with a white to reddish ash. To one side
of the basin was a pile of ashes in which the skeleton of an infant was
found. Outside the house was a refuse pit and another ash dump. Two
mortars and six crude pestles were found on the floor close to the fire
basin. Bone awls, pottery disks and bone beads were found on the floor.
The list of specimens found in association with this house is as
follows: four drilled pottery disks, three undrilled pottery disks, two
projectile points, two bone awls, three bone beads and one pottery
vessel.