Tikchik village: a nineteenth century riverine community in ... - Cluster

VANSTONE: TIKCHIK VILLAGE 245House 6 (Fig. 11)This structure was, with one possible exception, the most poorlydefined on the site as there was virtually no preserved wood. Thelong axis of this house was at right angles to the tunnel, but the onlystructural feature that could be determined with certainty was four-FlG. lOa. Collapsed roof timbers in house 5.Fig. 10b. A reconstruction of the living area of house 5.post-center construction, indicated by post molds. There were lowbenches on either side, at least one of which seems to have been coveredwith thin, horizontal planks. The tunnel contained no preservedwood at all with the exception of a series of short parallel planks nearthe outside entrance that may or may not have been associated withthe house. Two sizeable stones found at the step-up into the mainbody of the house may have served as retainers at this point.should be noted that except in a few places, bench and floor levelswere extremely thin and poorly defined. Obviously, much wood wasremoved from this structure prior to collapse and a short, possiblyseasonal, occupation may also be indicated.It