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in the appearance of the loess that lay beneath. One would think 

 the mound was natural but for the charcoal, flint chips, and hematite 

 found even to depths of 5 feet. One test, on the north side, 10 feet 

 from where the mound joins the regular contour of the hill, was dug 

 to a depth 18 inches below the hilltop, and these foreign materials 

 were found to the bottom of the hole. They were scattered as if 

 gathered up and thrown on the mound with the earth of which it 

 was built. In the excavation no postholes and no fireplaces were 

 found, and the stone uncovered had been placed over the burials as 

 if for a protective covering. One small bed of charcoal was found 

 buried by several inches of earth. Quite a number of artifacts were 

 scattered through the mound fill to the depth of 20 inches and like 

 the flint chips and charcoal seemed to have been thrown in with the 

 earth. The potsherds found were small and of the thick grit- 

 tempered type. . . . 



". . . On the southwest slope of the mound erosion had uncovered 

 some flat pieces of limestone which covered an area of 20 by TO inches 

 . . . [Beneath was] a burial which must have been placed at full 

 length, east and west. A decided red coloring in the earth about the 

 burial was noted. [With this burial was found a piece of galena 

 weighing 1% pounds and a notched arrowpoint.] 



"No more digging was done until May 1934 when ... a trench 3 

 feet deep was started at the south edge of the mound and dug north 

 for 10 feet. Nothing was found, so we decided to dig where the first 

 burial had been found. Parts of that burial were dug out and then 

 stones covering a bundle came to light. Not an artifact was found, 

 and the skull was in very poor condition, while the only bones were 

 those of the legs and arms. . . . We dug deeper and farther to one 

 side, where I uncovered a fine white [chert] blade imbedded in very 

 hard earth. It was lying horizontally, the point to the north and 

 the west side raised to about 45°. There was no indication that it had 

 ever been hafted. This blade [pi. 41, c] is IOI/2 by 31/2 by % inches. 

 Its position in the mound was 12 inches east and 8 inches deeper than 

 the nearest burial, and 20 inches from the mound surface. Three more 

 bundle burials were found a few feet to the west of the first bundle 

 and were similar to it in all respects. The skulls were full of loess 

 and the thinner portions entirely missing. The lower jaw was 

 usually intact. Very close to one skull was a drill but otherwise 

 there were no grave offerings. A baby's bones were found in about 

 the center of the burial area. Some bits of thin sheet copper were 

 in this burial and had stained and preserved the bones to the extent 

 that we ascertained that the burial must have been extended and 

 in the flesh. A few vertebrae, a clavicle, a long bone, and part of 

 the sloill were saved. A few feet away the heavy portions of three 



