INDEX 



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Pearl mound A, 108, 158. 

 Pearl mouud B, 110. 

 Pearl mound C, 111, 216. 



skeletal remains from, 246, tables 

 14, 19, 20. 

 Pearl mound D, 114. 

 Pearl mound E, 114. 

 Pecan, trees mentioned by Lewis and 

 Clark, 6. 

 nuts from Steed-Kisker site, 72. 

 Pendant, stone, 85, 99, 154-155, 189. 

 Perche Creek, Mo., mounds on, 164. 

 Perforators (see also Awls, Drill 



points), 47. 

 Peru, Nebr., Middle Mississippi sherd 



types found near. 213. 

 Peterson, Alvin, vii. 

 "Petit Riv. des Cansez," 8. 

 Phillips, Philip, cited, 154, 20S-210. 

 Physical continuity of Hopewell and 

 Fort Ancient populations suggested, 

 219. 

 Physical types of Indians (see also 

 Steicart, T. D., Appendix), from 

 Babcock mound B, 183. 

 from Brenner mound 2, 183. 

 from central Missouri stone-cham- 

 bered mounds, 183. 

 from Pearl mound C, 183. 

 in Platte County, Mo., 220. 

 from Young, mound 1, 183. 

 Pickwick Basin, Ala., teeth of skulls 



from, 255. 

 Pike County, Mo., stone-chambered 



mounds in, 168. 

 Pipes. 163. 



clav, 79. 100, 149, 164, 166. 170, 182, 



184, 199. 205. 214. 

 stone, 84-85, 142, 149, 161. 166. 108, 

 182, 189, 197, 211. 

 Plant remains, cultivated. 26. 71-72, 130. 

 186, 188. 192-193, 209. 

 wild. 26, 72, 186, 188, 192. 

 Platte Purchase, 12. 

 Platte River in Missouri, 3. 

 Plattsmouth (Nebr.) crania, cultural 



aflSliations unknown. 220. 

 Polauder mound group, Wisconsin, 172. 

 Ponca Indians, 9. 

 Porter mound. Ohio, frontal curvature 



in skulls from, 250. 

 Pottery from earth mounds: 



Avondale south mound, 147-149. 

 EHamm mound, 156. 

 Renner mound, 145. 

 Shepherd mound, 140-142. 

 Pottery from habitation sites : 

 on Brush Creek. 136. 

 on Pearl Branch, 130, 132. 

 Pottery from Renner site : 



alternate-area decoration, 40. 

 characteristic ware. 32. 

 cord-roughened wares, 30, 32. 

 cord-wrapped stick, use of, 31, 37. 

 crude bird eflBgy, 44. 

 dentate stamp impressions, 40. 

 4972G1— 43 V.i 



Pottery from Renner site — Continued. 



description of, 29-44. 



fine ware, 33. 



funnel-shaped object, 44. 



hardness and colors, 30, 33. 



miniature pots, 42. 



surface treatment of sherds, 40-41. 



tempering materials used, 30, 33. 



vessel and rim shapes, 31, 33-34. 

 Pottery from Steed-Kisker site : 



characteristic surface decoration, 

 77. 



description of, 73-79. 



hardness and color, 74. 



miniature pots, 78. 



pipe fragment, 79. 



slipped sherds, 78. 



tempering materials used, 74. 



vessel and rim shapes, 76-78. 

 Pottery from stone-chambered mounds: 



Babcock B, 128. 



Nolan C, 121, 123-125. 



summary of, 181-182. 

 Potterv from other sites in Platte and 



Clay Counties, 99-105. 

 Powell mouud. Cahokia, 213. 

 Poynter, C. W. M., cited, 220, 222, 257- 



258, 262-263. 

 Prairie du Chien, Wis., mound near, 172., 

 Prairie Fork, Mo., mound near, 168. 

 Pratt, W. H., cited, 170. 

 Projectile points of antler : 



from Renner site, 44. 



from Trowbridge site, 1(X). 

 Projectile points of stone : 



from Renner site, 50. 



from Steed-Kisker site, 82, 98. 



comparison of points from Renner 

 and Steed-Kisker sites. 52, 82. 



from Trowbridge site, 99. 



weight of points, 82. 

 Pumice, 60, 61, 86, 145, 149, 150, 186, 189, 

 193-194. 



historic use of, by Missouri Valley 

 tribes. 61. 

 Pumpkin, remains from Steed-Kisker 



site, 71-72. 

 Putnam, F. W., cited, 13, 153, 154, 180, 



190. 

 Quapaw Indians, 9. 

 Quarries, aboriginal, in Kansas Valley, 



.50. 

 Quartzite, use for balls and hammer- 

 stones, Renner site, 57. 



Steed-Kisker site, 84, 86. 

 Quimby, G. I., Jr., cited, 201, 218. 

 Quindiiro pumping station, 2. 16. 

 Raccoon bones, unusual abundance of at 



Renner site, 27. 

 Rau, Charles, cited, 210. 

 Reaping hook, bone, timong Caddo In- 

 dians, 210. 

 Renner, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie, viii. 

 Renner mound, 143-145. 

 Renner site: 



antler artifacts, 44-45. 



bone artifacts, 4.5-49. 



