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off from the hillside which otherwise would head for the terrace. 

 Such waters could drain either way, i. e., north into Juntin Branch or 

 south into Line Creek, and in any event would be prevented from dis- 

 commoding occupants of the terrace. 



Figure 2. — Contour map showing Renner village site (heavy broken line) and 

 surroundings; contour interval 5 feet. 



Superficially, the site has been hunted over intermittently for a 

 number of years but seems not to have been reported prior to our 

 investigations in 1937. It received no mention by Fowke (1910, 

 pp. 65-75) or his predecessors who opened a number of burial mounds 

 on the bluffs to the east, across Line Creek, in 1907 and previously. 

 That antiquities were plentiful underground as well as above, and 



