CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Summary of Caddoan area archeology 2 



History of previous research 2 



Archeological complexes 3 



Paleo-American Stage 3 



Archaic Stage 4 



Neo- American Stage 5 



Historic Stage 8 



Lower Mississippi intrusions 8 



Outstanding problems 9 



The Knight's Bluflf Site (41-20D5-8) 11 



Features 15 



Burials 16 



The artifacts 21 



Ceramics 22 



Chipped stone 30 



Ground stone 31 



Polished stone artifacts 32 



Miscellaneous stone specimens 33 



Bone 33 



SheU 34 



Discussion and conclusions 36 



The Snipes Site (41-20D4-3) 41 



Burials 42 



The artifacts 46 



Ceramics 47 



Nonceramic 49 



Discussion and conclusions 50 



The Sherwin Site (41-20D5-15) 55 



Features 67 



Burials 57 



The artifacts 60 



Ceramics 61 



Nonceramic 64 



Discussion and conclusions 65 



General discussion and conclusions 67 



Literature cited 75 



Explanation of plates 76 



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