House 2

This house had been built on top of subsoil and apparently, it partially

underlay the northern portion of house 3 (Fig. 33 and 35). No new

information came to light here but the size and shape apparently agreed

with that of house 1. Here, the central section of the floor was hard

burned and had been puddled with a clay and grass mixture before firing.

Central to this floor area was an irregular and poorly shaped fire basin

which was filled with white wood ash. Partially buried in this ash was a

small broken shell tempered pottery bowl (Fig. 34). A few pieces of

charred logs were found lying just above the floor of this house, but,

they were too small and too few to be diagnostic of superstructure. It

is even possible that these few pieces were from the house three

conflagration.

[Illustration: Figure 31. House Ground Plan Showing Charred Remains,

Firebasin, Ash Dumps and Refuse Pit]

[Illustration: Figure 32. Charred Cane Poles and Grass, Part of

House 1, Overlying Pottery Sherds]

[Illustration: Figure 33. Houses 2 and 3

_(House 2 in foreground, house 3 in background)_]

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