CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword. vn 



The environmental background 1 



Historical and ethnic setting 8 



Previous archeological work 12 



Description of sites and artifacts 15 



The Renner site 15 



Vegetal remains 26 



Faunal remains 26 



MoUuscan remains 28 



Pottery 29 



Work in antler and bone 44 



Work in copper 49 



Work in shell 49 



Work in chipped stone 50 



Work in ground stone ; unworked stone 67 



Pigment materials 61 



The Steed-Kisker site 62 



Village remains 62 



Food remains 71 



Pottery 73 



Work in antler, bone, and shell 79 



Work in chipped stone 82 



Work in ground stone; miscellaneous stone objects 84 



Textile remains , 86 



The burial ground 87 



Pottery 95 



Other artifacts 98 



Other village sites 98 



Mound excavations 105 



Stone-chambered mounds 106 



The Pearl Branch group 106 



The Young mound group 132 



Earth mounds 137 



Shepherd mound 137 



Renner mound 143 



Avondale mounds 145 



The problem of the stone-chambered burial mounds 150 



Rdsura<5 185 



Cultural relationships 191 



The Renner site 193 



The Steed-Kisker site 208 



Time perspective _ 214 



General discussion and speculations 217 



Literature cited __ 223 



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