MOUNDS IN IOWA. 



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Most of the mounds have been partially, and a few thoroughlj^ ex- 

 plored by Mr. M. W. Davis, of Iowa City, who has taken much inter- 

 est in their study and the securing of their relics, of which he has now 

 quite a large and valuable collection obtained from this county. 



Fig. 8. — Map showing position of Mounds. 



To Mr. Davis I am indebted for most of the notes on the exploration 

 of these mounds. 



In mound No. 1 (counting from the south) a skeleton of an adult in- 

 dividual, in a sitting posture, was unearthed ; near this was also found 

 a small peculiar shaped vase of burned clay, made apparently to repre- 

 sent some horned ruminant. These relics were found at or slightly below 

 the natural surface of the ground around the mound. In mound No. 2 

 was found the skeleton of a child, "apparently about seven years old." 

 The bones in this mound, as well as the bones in mound No. 1, were in 

 a poor state of preservation. 



It is reported by Mr. Davis that in nearly all other mounds examined 

 by him fragments of human bones were found, and iu nearly all mounds 

 a layer of charcoal and ashes occupied a horizon a few inches above the 



