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catfish. Shells of fresh-water mollusks were numerous, and the fol- 

 lowing species from this site were identified by Dr. F. C. Baker : 



Amblcma costal a (Rafinesque) 

 Lampsilis anodoutoidcs (Lea) 

 Lampsilis ventricosa occidens (Lea) 

 Lampsilis siliquoidcs (Barnes) 

 Tritogonia tubcrculata (Barnes) 

 Elliptio dilafatus (Rafinesque) 

 Lasmigoma coniplanata (Barnes) 

 AnodonfoJdes femssacianus (Lea) 

 Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque) 



No charred corn or other vegetal remains were noted in the excava- 

 tion, all trace of such as were formerly present having disappeared 

 Several fragments of human bone were found in house i, but these 

 will be mentioned in the section dealing with the disposal of the dead 

 at this village. 



HOUSE 3 



After filling up the excavation at house 2 a trial pit was sunk in 

 house pit 3, which was a shallow depression 30 yards north of 

 house 2. At a depth of 2 feet 6 inches a large potsherd was found. 

 We therefore cleared an area in the brush 30 feet square. This 

 included the depression, which was only 8 inches below the normal 

 ground level of the surrounding surface. A trench 21 feet long and 

 3 feet in width and depth across the south end of the pit did not show 

 any sign of house construction or yield any artifacts. A trench was 

 then run at right angles to the first, reaching the center of the pit. 

 Near the center of the pit a few fragments of pottery, chipped flints, 

 and charcoal were found at depths of from 30 to 36 inches, on a 

 poorly defined floor line in the hard-packed yellow clay. Even near the 

 center this floor line was irregular and thin, indicating a brief occupa- 

 tion of the house. Side trenches extended the original width of the 

 house to about 14 feet, but very few artifacts were found, and the 

 lines of original construction were very vague. Nowhere did we en- 

 counter any thick, black floor layer nor any trace of cache pits. After 

 2 days work at this site it was abandoned, because of its extreme 

 sterility. From the evidence at hand a semisubterranean earth lodge 

 either 12 feet square or 12 feet in diameter is indicated. The soil strata 

 were the same as in house 2, and the potsherds and scarce flint artifacts 

 were also identical with those from that house. It is uncertain from 

 our excavation whether house 3 was round or square in outline. All 

 that can be said is that it was similar to house 2 in all details uncovered, 



