STARR SUMMARY OF THE ARCHEOLOGY OF IOWA. 8l 



Henry County — Continued. 



(/>) Some sixty feet from (a); 20 feet in diameter and very 

 low; flat rocks were found above a large quantity of broken and, 

 in some cases, burned bones. 



(c) Some sixty feet from (/>) ; 3 feet high ; one skeleton, 

 extended, between two flagstones; the head was toward the north; 

 bones were badly decayed. 



(d) Sixty feet from preceding; 20 feet in diameter; 3 feet 

 high ; three badly decayed skeletons, extended, with heads to the 

 north. 



(e) Sixty feet distant ; 20 feet in diameter and 5 feet high ; 

 smooth, flat rocks were found, laid in an elongate hexagonal form; 

 stones were set edgewise about the border; at five feet depth were 

 two extended skeletons with heads north. 



(/) At sixty feet distance; 30 feet in diameter; 5 feet high; 

 not opened. 



(^) At sixty feet distance; 20 feec in diameter; 5 feet high; 

 a few bones were found. 



(//) At sixty feet distance; 30 feet in diameter ; 5 feet high; 

 is sa/d to have contained a rude stone vault, with badly decayed 

 human skull, etc.; the bodies were buried, perhaps, in a sitting (?) 

 position ; a sandstone mortar and arrow-points were found here. 



(/) At sixty feet distance; 5 feet high; no contents. 

 . These mounds are in a right line; (a) is at the western end. 



Van Allen '^2 reports mounds situated in Sec. 34, Twp. 72, R. 

 7 W. Three in number, they are upon a hill 120 feet high, 

 1,000 feet long, and more than 300 feet wide. One was opened 

 and yielded a quantity of bones, teeth, and charcoal ; some of 

 the sticks were but half burned; the bones were in a heap; some 

 were charred, and more than one individual was represented by 

 them; one pinkish-white arrow-head was found. The meas- 

 urements of these mounds are: (<?), 50x41 feet; {/>), 43x49 

 feet; (^), 40 x 40 feet; (/>) was one hundred and seven feet from 

 (a), and (<:) was fifty feet from (/;); the mounds ranged from 



4/4 to 3 feet in height. Two mounds about i foot high lie 



south of (^). 



Jackson County. 



Gass, ^^ without assigning locality, mentions in this county a 

 very large, oval mound, 200 feet by 100 feet, '(with circumference 



