VI BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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41. Pottery vessel from Renner mound; gorget and chipped blade from 



ridge west of Renner village site 13o 



42. Pottery vessels from south mound near Avondale, Mo 136 



43. Artifacts from burial mounds near Kansas City 154 



44. Pottery vessels from Dawson stone-chambered mounds, Boone 



County, Mo ^^^ 



45. Four views of male skull ("Shippee C") from Babcock mound B... 250 



46. Four views of male skuU (U. S. N. M. No. 379109) from Young 



mound 1 250 



47. Four views of female skuU (U. S. N. M. No. 379111) from Young 



mound 1 250 



48. Four views of male skull (U. S. N. M. No. 379113) from Young 



mound 1 250 



49. Four views of male skull (U. S. N. M, No. 379120) from Steed-Kisker 



site 250 



50. Four views of male skull (U. S. N, M. No. 379121) from Steed-Kisker 



site - - 250 



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1. Map showing sites investigated by U. S. National Museum near 



Kansas City, Mo 4 



2. Contour map of Renner village site and surroundings 17 



3. Plan of excavations at Renner village site 20 



4. Rim profiles and vessel shapes from Renner village site 31 



5. Alternate-area design from pottery vessel, Renner village site 35 



6. Form classification for chipped points 52 



7. Contour map of Steed-Kisker site and surroundings 64 



8. Contour map of portion of Steed-Kisker village site 65 



9. Plan of house 1, Steed-Kisker village site 68 



10. Rim profiles and vessel shapes from Steed-Kisker village site 76 



11. Map of excavations and graves, Steed-Kisker burial site. _ 88 



12. Map showing location of Pearl Branch mounds 107 



13. Plan and profiles of Pearl mound C 112 



14. Plan of Nolan mound A 116 



15. Plan and profiles of Nolan mound C 120 



16. Contour map of Young mound 1 134 



17. Cross section of Shepherd mound near Smithville, Mo 138 



18. Incised design on pottery vessel from Shepherd mound 140 



19. Ground plan sketch of south mound near Avondale 147 



20. Distribution of mounds containing stone-walled burial chambers 179 



21. Transverse frontal curves of six Mound series crania 251 



22. Transverse frontal curves of six Steed-Kisker series crania 256 



