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moder- >t bones, iased in earance e morn-leg and red and ugh the and out-ion here 1955. As so some charred, ;re split. ae partially F ig. 45. Excavation of Survey Site 6: Ernest M cCown digging, assisted by Ruth Simpson, H azel M cCow n and Charles Rozaire. (Photo b y Stuart Peck). selected parts of more than one anim al had been brought to this fire. The restricted nature of the pit (6 feet long x 4 feet wide x 39 inches deep), the reddened nature of underlying clay and the concentration of bones w ithin th at area are im portant clues to the story of Tule Springs. SITE H, AREA 2: While photographing the basins in Area 2 near the end of the 1956 field session, I noticed charcoal smears on a slope leading to the clay hill at the south side of the southernmost am phitheater in Area 2. Excavation showed that there were flecks of charcoal in the clay over a plot extending 3% feet up the slope and 6 feet along the east-west face. At no point was the zone more than 4 inches thick. The deposit was probably peripheral to some charcoal feature now destroyed by erosion. There were chunks of charcoal Vi inch in diam eter and the left half of a camel mandible w ith teeth in an excellent state of preservation. This was lying on a concentration of small bits of charcoal. No other bones were uncovered. The site is 200 feet east of Site A. es, there SURVEY SITE 6: The largest fire area reported during the 1955- jr bones 1956 field work was discovered near the close of the 1956 season by i-orange the McCowns. Situated more than a mile upstream from the main agh par- locality, Survey Site 6 was close to the gradually sloping flank of a m d east- side arroyo cut into the north w all of Vegas Wash. y signifi- This feature still measured slightly more than 12 by 7 feet al- 2sts th at though partially eroded. The western portion of the deposit was ex- 89