Eleven hearths were found; they may be characterized briefly as follows:
_Hearth A._ Location: south edge square P8-9, top 36 inches below
baseline. Simple pit excavated into underlying soil, filled with
charcoal and ash, seven inches deep and ten inches in diameter.
_Hearth B._ Location: center at axis of lines 0 and 8-9, top 56 inches
below baseline. Concentration of charcoal and ash, no pit, nine inches
thick, eight inches wide and 13 inches long.
_Hearth C._ Location: square L9, top 48 inches below baseline.
Concentration of charcoal and ash: rock-filled. Twelve inches thick, 15
inches wide, 28 inches long.
_Hearth D._ Location: square J9, top 40 inches below baseline.
Concentration of charcoal and ash six inches thick. Almost circular, 12
inches in diameter.
_Hearth E._ Location: square K9, top 60 inches below baseline.
Rock-filled, charcoal and ash mixed in. Six inches thick, almost
circular, 12 inches in diameter.
_Hearth F._ Location: between squares 08-9 and 07-8, top 61 inches
below baseline. Charcoal and ash; rock-filled. Nine inches thick,
almost circular about 16 inches in diameter.
_Hearth G._ Location: square N7-8, top 30 inches below baseline.
Charcoal and ash interspersed with small rocks. Sixteen inches thick,
27 inches long, 18 inches wide.
_Hearth H._ Location: square J8, top 40 inches below baseline. Charcoal
and ash and rock. Thickness nine inches, length 20 inches, width 15
inches. This hearth was oriented with its length parallel to the rear
wall of the shelter, while all other oblong hearths lay with their
length at right angles to it.
[Illustration: FIGURE 13—Features.]
_Hearth I._ Location: square E7, top 49 inches below baseline. Charcoal
and ash rock-fill. Ten inches thick, 16 inches long, 12 inches wide.
_Hearth J._ Location: square L7, top 72 inches below baseline. Charcoal
and ash concentration interspersed with rocks somewhat larger than
those found in other hearths. Eight inches thick, 15 inches wide, and
28 inches long.
_Hearth K._ Location: square L7, top 40 inches below baseline. Charcoal
and ash with a few rocks. Eight inches thick, 15 inches long and 12
inches wide.
_Hearth L._ Location: center at axis of Lines 0 and 6-7. Top 42 inches
below baseline. Charcoal and ash, rock-filled. About eight inches
thick, more or less circular, approximately nine inches in diameter.
In addition to these hearths the whole shelter had minor concentrations
of charcoal and ash in every level. Such debris was, in fact, found
throughout the soil in varying quantities.