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to thi.s point 1 shall give chief attention. The bench occupied by the 

 Concannon dwelling" is sqiiarish in outline, having- a horizontal extent 

 of about 150 feet from ea.st to west and perhaps IHO feet from north 

 to south, and its highest point is about 3<> feet above the present flood 

 plain of the river (see tig. 2). It rests against the base of a limestone 

 spur of the river blutf, on the south side of a little valley that opens 

 out into the river bottom at this point. The upper surface of the 

 bench slopes away at a low angle from its junction with the limestone 

 spur (a). Facing the river it presents a steep slope continuous with 

 the face of the river blutf. On the north it descends abruptly to the 

 bed of the rivulet, and on the west the slope is somewhat gentle to the 

 small lateral valley on that side. 



Fig. 1. — Sketch map of the Lansing site, indicating recent bench remnants in liaclnires. (o, Con- 

 cannon dwelling and point of contact of limestone river bluff with recent bench, h. Entrance to 

 cellar tunnel, c, Inner end of tunnel where skull was found, d, Trench opened by Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, e-c, Outcrop of limestone in rivulet bed. /, Entrance of rivulet to Missouri 

 River flood plain. </, Contact of limestone spur and bench remnant on north side. h-h. Line of 

 section, fig. 2. ) 



An excellent photographic view of the Concannon trench is given in 

 PI. III. It was made ])v Dr. H. M. Baum from a point on the bank 

 of the little stream that passes out to the river bottom at this point. 

 The entrance to the cellar tunnel is well marked by the figure of a 

 lady near the center of the picture. The point of view is so low 

 that the promontory which rises behind the terrace does not appear. 

 The trench made by the Rureau entered the l)ench a few feet l)eyond 

 the gate seen in the picture. 



