ABSTRACT
The top 4 cm of soil on the west half of each excavated feature were removed and screened separately. This precaution, which proved to be unnecessary in the majority of cases, separated any unrelated soils, that might have been compressed into a depression formed as a post hole decayed underground, from post hole fill proper. This method frequently allowed post molds to be revealed in the upper centimeters of a feature, which facilitated proper excavation of the feature.
