Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971 · New York · leaf 6
for safe-keeping are discovered. Little did the Indian think, as he laid away his little hoard, that his handi- work would never see light again until he and his people had long been gone and forgotten. Shell heaps vary from a few inches to four feet in depth, and in area from a few square yards to… … Fig. 28. Cross Section of a Shell Pit. course, the oldest. Under and near most of these deposits may bp found scattered "pits" or fire holes, which are bowl-shaped depressions in the ground filled with layers of stained earth, shells and other refuse, with an occasional layer of ashes. Some pits…
Kitchen-middens · Indians of North America · Excavations (Archaeology)
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