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Figure 19. — Ground plan sketch of south mound near Avondale, Mo., excavated by J. M. 



t. Shippee: A, Waterbottle (J. M. S. No. 1343); B, C, pottery vessels (J. M. S. Nos. 1345 

 and 1344); D, stone pipe; E, pottery vessel (J. M. S. No. 1347); F, chipped blade 

 {J. M. S. No. 1348); G, lead and pumice; H, pottery vessel (J. M. S. No. 1346); J, 

 pottery vessel; K,[chipped drill; cross-hatching indicates charcoal beds with fragmentary 

 bones 



of small stones and large pebbles was carefully exposed. This blan- 

 ket was diagonal to the general orientation of the burial and must 

 have been placed at a time when the exact location of the bones was 

 forgotten. Closely associated was an expanded drill. ... Of the 

 skeletal material saved, none seem to be rodent gnawed. . . ." 



Two whole and three broken but restorable pottery vessels from 

 this mound are in the Shippee collection (see pi. 42). They are de- 

 scribed as follows : 



"The water bottle, or flask (Catalog No. 1343), has a flattened 

 globelike body 12.2 cm. in diameter [pi. 42, c] . The body curves sharply 

 up into a cylindrical neck 9 cm. long and 4.4 cm. in diameter. The 

 total height is 18.7 cm., and the thickness is about 5 mm. A light-bufE 

 slip coat burned black in several places is laid over a gray paste. The 



