Schematic drawing of a burned rock midden near Brownwood that Pearce excavated in 1919 or 1920. Pearce clearly understood the internal structure of this midden, but he did not grasp how the process—earth oven cooking—worked. TARL archives.
Schematic drawing of a burned rock midden near Brownwood that Pearce excavated in 1919 or 1920. Pearce clearly understood the internal structure of this midden, but he did not grasp how the process—earth oven cooking—worked. TARL archives.