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Aerial photo of Huff Village.
This aerial view is
enhanced by lines drawn
around each of the house
remains in the village
and the palisade.
A portion of the palisade
wall was excavated in 1960.
You can see the postholes
and the depression which
marks the ditch in this
photograph. The ditch was
probably 5 feet deep
originally, but over time
has filled to only 2 feet deep.
Excavation of House 7.
These are the floor plans of
House 2 and
House 7.
House 7 is a typical family
home.
House 2 is the lodge that was probably associated with the ceremonial
or social leader of the village and his family. The house is larger than most
and faces the ceremonial plaza.
Archeological examinations of Huff indicate that a typical long-rectangular earth
lodge would have been built in this fashion. The house floor was dug out to about
1 foot below the surface. The side poles were about 5 feet high and were banked
with earth. The end walls were probably covered with bark or hide.
This is a typical bell-shaped
cache pit which would have
been used for storing dried
garden produce for winter use
or for trade.
This is an storage pit which
has been excavated. The
drawing shows what
archeologists found in the
pit including cutting tools
(bifaces), bones, and pieces
of broken pottery (potsherds
or sherds).
Bifaces found at Huff Village.
A portion of a Huff pot
reconstructed from broken
pieces.
A round bottomed pot would be set to rest on a coil
of grasses such as this to keep it from tipping over.
