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… carry the roof and support the rest of the wall-material. The distance between the posts has been 3.70 m. Whether they were at all connected with a wall is an open question, but that this was the case seems most plausible from the standpoint of the general house plan. Had so large a doorway led into the house from this side, the door in the east wall would - it seems to me - be quite unmotivated. That no wall remains were found is not surprising, since every trace of the superstructures of the foundations is missing from the whole house. They must have been of extremely perishable material, and as the sections show, the floor level of the house lies directly against the later washed-down and deposited plough-soil without any intervening cultural layer. This layer has naturally once existed, but was soon washed away (and contained the remains of the house).
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