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popuiation in Renews, but formnarely for dx ~ehaeolagieal site. the msuing
development had llttle impact w the Kvenrrrnthsmtury aeupation.
One of the highlights from the Renews archsmlogieal project was the dircoveryof the
amaural remnantr of n small, but prchbly well-built houu. Is basic. 14' by 20' single-
cell. configuration with a w ive hearth on rhe gable end hrnhert from the dmr indicates
the abtlity of the occupants to sacrifice pnonal comft for ecenorny of labour. Heating
a larger home would nurely quire addilional rerwrcos andeven conrmcling a more
complicated amcare may have bem beyond the occup"tLs capability. Protected from
[he nonhewtedy winds by a two to three rncrrs high rocky outcrop. the house wu tucked
into z natural depression. The sheltered laatnon, however, had drawbacks, for when the
weather became roo wet and rainwater (or melting mow in spring) channeled Ulmugh
fissures 1" the bedmsk and m waip thmugh the center of the heath. Rather than
move the house to maher lantian, the acupantr chow to solve the problem by
relocating the heat smrce to one comer of the he& uld raising the flmr
Two emhen nmrr were discowred. separated by a tech cobble rubflmrldminage
system with r central "V-shaped cenM drain cmsuuctcd fmm long flat stone dab.
Clay for the second flmr ap- lo have k n excavated from n pit lacared several
mews from the dmmy. The new heat rouac (mssuring 75 crn by 85 em) was built
from fla stoner on =gravel pla@orm. 10 crn above the old heanh floor. As the old flwr