STARR — SUMMARY OF THE ARCHEOLOGY OF IOWA. 



Van Buren County — Contifiued. 



on the Des Moines River, twenty rods north 55° west from the 

 mouth of Ely's Creek; it is forty feet from the river's edge and 

 twenty feet above its bed. About 4 feet in thickness, of silt-Hke 

 material derived from floods, is crowded with Unios of a dozen 

 species ; bones of deer are common, and the long bones are split 

 open for marrow; bones of bear, wolf, dog, and snapping-turtle 



are also found. Flint flakes, arrow-heads, a greenstone axe and 

 pottery fragments were found; the pottery is of common clay with 

 sand tempering and is poorly burned ; its ornamentation is simple, 

 of lines or cord markings ; pieces of limestone laid together show 

 evidence of fire action. 



Wilson '9S reports live rude chipped implements from a depth 

 of 2 to 5 feet in a clay soil, from near Bonaparte. 



