ABSTRACT

Materials found directly on the floors of the rooms were kept separate from those in the fill levels, since in isolating the functions of the various rooms the materials lying directly on the floors are clearly most informative. During the excavation of the site it was noticed that there were differences in the formal characteristics of the rooms. Size was recognized as important while the excavation was still in progress; some rooms were much larger than others. This size differential indicated that there were probably at least two major kinds of rooms at the site, in addition to the special rooms. There is an increasing tendency among archeologists to be concerned with making inferences about prehistoric human behavior. In addition to the useful and time-honored concerns developing typologies and studying the spatial and temporal distributions of artifacts, there is an increasing emphasis on trying to find out how prehistoric peoples actually lived.