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ence of multichambered stone mounds, but structural details are v.ant- 

 ing. Neumann's findings indicate that doorways are no more common 

 than in central Missouri. Burial types are still largely unknown. As 

 in central Missouri, artifacts seem to be more common than at Kansas 

 City. 



In relatively few instances is it possible to find adequate published 

 descriptions of the cultural materials known to have been recovered 

 from the stone vault mounds of the Missouri region. Elsewhere in 

 this report I have described two small grit-tempered rocker-roughened 

 vessels of Hopewellian type excavated by amateurs at Babcock mound 

 B near Waldron, Mo. (see also Wedel, 1938, p. 104 and pis. 7B, 8). 

 In the same locality, from Nolan mound C, we recovered one small 

 grit-tempered amphora and five intrusive shell-tempered pots of Mid- 

 dle Mississippi type. Aside from the last six specimens, my stone- 

 vault mound excavations in Platte County netted only 3 stone balls 

 and a cylindrical antler rubbing tool from Pearl mound C, and two 

 small plain grit-tempered sherds from Young mound 1. Fowke's 

 investigations in the Brenner-Keller group opposite Kansas City 

 seem to have produced nothing that is now extant. 



Through courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society of St. Louis, 

 I have been able to examine a number of the specimens recovered by 

 Fowke in Boone County but not figured in his report. These include 

 nine whole and restored, and several fragmentary, pottery vessels from 

 stone vaults, as well as sherds, pipes, and chipped-stone artifacts ap- 

 parently from nearby earth mounds. Unfortunately it has been im- 

 possible to track down all the specimens mentioned in Fowke's field 

 catalog and in his report. Study of the vessels has been further ham- 

 pered by the fact that they were treated with an extremely adhesive 

 resinous home-made fixative, which in many cases completely obscures 

 the surface. Attempts to remove this coating with acetone were un- 

 successful, and mechanical removal was given up w^hen it became 

 apparent that the pottery was too friable to permit separation of 

 the fixative from the vessel without destroying the original surface. 



The nine whole and restored pots are all from the Dawson mound 

 group near Hartsburg and, if we may trust the catalog, include three 

 each from mounds 9, 11, and 13. They are apparently of the type 

 referred to by Fowke (1910, p. 31) as " 'cocoanut pot' . . . having a 

 pointed bottom, resembling in shape a cocoanut with one end cut 

 off . . ." All are presumably grit tempered, though in one or two 

 instances freshly broken surfaces showed no visible inclusions. Color 

 is variable including dark gray, light gray, reddish brown, and buff. 

 Surfaces are plain and smooth, except for one specimen that bears a 

 faintly incised "lazy N" just below the rim (pi. 44, a). Another 

 vessel has small conical protuberances i/4 ii^^^ long below the lip (pi. 



