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line paralleling the edge of a steep bluff just east of the Iowa River. 

 Wlieeler (1949, p. 7) notes that the mounds appeared to be undis- 

 turbed. Local informants, however, indicate that in the past, several 

 burials were removed from the structures. No testing was possible 

 during the field season of 1956. 



SITE 13JH8 



This group of three low conical mounds (13JH8), ranging from 

 24 to 30 feet in diameter, is oriented in an east-west direction along 

 the crest of the bluff north of the wide bottom lands of the upper or 

 maximum pool area (ibid.) . The site is well outside of the delineated 

 reservoir and hence was not visited. 



SITE 13JH9 



Situated three-quarters of a mile east of 13JH8, this complex 

 "consists of two low conical mounds, 33 feet and 36 feet in diameter, 

 and, about 300 feet to the west, a pair of low conical mounds, 20 feet 

 and 24 feet in diameter. All four of the mounds appear to be un- 

 disturbed. Local residents reported that twelve or more similar 

 mounds occur along the bluff to the southeast of the mounds located" 

 (ibid.). Since this group, too, is outside of the pool area, it was not 

 visited. 



As noted above, an additional series of sites, both mound groups 

 and occupation areas, was reported by interested amateurs (fig. 10). 

 An attempt was made to relocate the indicated sites. However, lack- 

 ing legal definition or other entree, success was negligible. New 

 sites discovered by the 1956 field party are described below. 



THE HARAPAT LANE SITE (13JH201) 



The Harapat Lane site is situated upon the crest of a narrow 

 "hog-backed" isthmus separating two extensive ravine developments 

 confluent to the eastern edge of the Iowa River canyon. It is, in 

 effect, the erosional remnant consequent to the headward cutting of 

 both ravine growths. Current erosion is not visible, but the grassed- 

 over cuts of recently terminated activity are abundant. 



For a period of years the landowner has recovered artifacts (pre- 

 ponderantly projectile points) from the scuffed surface of a narrow 

 lane connecting his cattle barns with the stock pasture to the south. 

 Recent grading and fence construction had exposed a definite post 

 pattern and numerous additional artifacts. Archeological excavation 

 was contingent upon the movement of stock and the demands of 

 cultivation. As a consequence, it was most feasible to sample the 

 site by a partial excavation of the lane, reexposing the post pattern, 



