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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



River, in the southern corner of jNIoore County at the point where 

 Moore, Lincohi, and FrankHn counties corner. This group of large 

 mounds, plazas, and traces of ancient u^igwam sites covers a large 

 bottom on Elk River. Its accompanying cemetery is found on a tall 

 bluff overlooking the site. These remains of some important ancient 

 mound-builder town have never been explored. It has been named the 

 R. H. Gray group in recognition of INIr. R. H. Gray's services to 

 archeology in seeking out and accurately recording for the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology 74 ancient Indian sites in Lincoln County 

 where formerly only two had been reported. Through the kindness 

 of Mr. E. C. Brossard, of Fayetteville, some unusual relics were 

 secured from an ancient site in Lincoln County, on Swan Creek near 

 its junction with Elk River. One of these, a long-necked vase deco- 

 rated with three unique heads, is shown in figure 114. 



Fig. 115. — Boat-shaped object from Lincoln County, Tennessee. 



An exact duplicate of this vase in material, size, shape, and heads 

 was found in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee, several years since. 

 These very striking heads probably are connected with some ancient 

 tradition or religious rite of these prehistoric men in Tennessee. 



A fine boat-shaped object from the same Swan Creek site is shown 

 in figure 115. 



LINK GROUP 



Mr. Myer also visited Humphreys County, Tennessee, and studied 

 and mapped the Link group of mounds on Duck River, some six 

 miles southwest of Waverly. This is the site where the famous cache 

 of fine, long, chipped flint ceremonial blades and chipped flint imple- 

 ments now in the Missouri Historical Society collection was found. 

 He secured some new information in regard to this important group 

 and the surrounding region. 



