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S-MITHSOXIAN EXPLORATIONS, I925 



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In size, construction, and contents they were similar to those pre- 

 viously excavated at Crandall. 



With the completion of the mounds at Hiwannee in early July, 

 explorations were started on the site of the historic Choctaw village 

 of Coosha, near Lockhart in Lauderdale County, on the property 

 of Mr. W. E. Frederickson. The cemeterv was located and ex- 



I'JG. 93. — (Jrnament of sheet copper and silver in McKac 

 mound, Clarke County, Mississippi. 



amined, hut the burials were comparatively recent, dating probably 

 between 1800 and 1830, by which time the Choctaw had lost much 

 of their native culture. Except for the presence of mortuary offer- 

 ings, consisting for the most part of beads, porcelain, and cooking 

 utensils, the burials were typical of those of the whites. 



It is believed that the archeological work described above reveals 

 something in the nature of chronological cross section of the three 

 most important phases of Choctaw culture history. At the Coosha 

 village, conditions were found which were typical of the last phase 



