NYSAA Bulletin No. 52 — Archaic Sites: Croton Point & Dogan Point — Passage 16

[Various (1971)] THE BULLETIN are oriented with these features (post mold pattern in 0N10W and 20N50E). All of the exterior post molds for the three features described are between 0.18 and 0.25 ft. in diameter and 0.8 ft, apart. Feature 4: This feature is a wall of paired post molds which is oriented in a northeast/southwest direction and lies between Features 1, 2, 3, and the river. The wall is 24.0 ft. long and goes through 0N30E, 10S20E, and 30S0E. It ends in 10N40E, in what appears to have been a cooking and/or storage area (Features 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34). A search farther northeast did not indicate evidence for the continuation of the wall in this direction. To the southwest the wall disappeared in 20S10E, and then reappeared on 30S0E, a gap of 14.0 ft.

It was difficult to excavate the square 20S10E due to flooding and it is possible that the post molds were lost. The post molds are between 0.6 ft. and 1.2 ft apart in each row and between each pair. The diameter of the post molds is 0.2 ft. The function of this structure is unknown; it is not properly placed for a windbreak. Its use as a defense structure seems improbable unless further excavating were to indicate it surrounds the site. Feature 5: This is a rectangular structure located in 0N20W, 0N30W, 10N10W, 20N10W, 30N10W, 30N0E, 30N10E, 20N0E, and 20N10E. This structure has not been completely excavated. At present its length is 51.0 ft. and width 18.5 ft.