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Large leaf-shaped knives occur at the Minott Site (ibid., p. 25), but 

 not at 13JH202 (of. Beaubien, 1953, fig. 21, p. 60). On the other 

 hand, the latter site has produced a wider range of pottery types. 

 Havana ware does not appear to be present at the Minott Shelter. 

 Plain ware with a hemiconical lip stamp (Weaver?) was found in 

 both excavations, but is apparently considerably more common at 

 13JH202 (Keyes, 1943, p. 38). A single rimsherd bearing an incised, 

 cross-hatched rim motif (ibid.) has no counterpart at the 13JH202 

 site. The hatched rim suggests a more specific Hopewell affiliation. 

 Specifically, Minott's Rock Shelter and Site 13JH202 are similar, 

 but are not identical manifestations, probably relatable to a single 

 focus. Again, published data are lacking, and therefore a firm 

 statement is impossible. A tentative suggestion of relationship to 

 Maquoketa "Aspect" or Ryan Focus, though, is offered as reasonable 

 (Logan, 1955, p. 132). 



SITE 13JH203 



Site 13JH203 is a small rock shelter formed by an abrupt over- 

 hang of the limestone rimrock overlooking the westernmost meander 

 of Turkey Creek, an eastern affluent of the Iowa River. A triangular 

 occupation platform is present (25.0 feet wide at the base and 9.0 feet 

 deep). Shallow tests revealed a brown-black organic matrix con- 

 taining abundant rock fall, small amounts of shattered bone, and 

 fragments of charcoal. No artifacts were recovered. 



SITE 13JH204 



The habitation platform of this small rock shelter is covered by 

 a low, narrow overhang (5.0-6.0 feet wide), approximately 8 feet 

 below the rim of a sheer bluff overlooking the westernmost meander 

 of Turkey Creek. Limited tests indicated the presence of an organic 

 "cave soil" matrix, but no definite evidence of human occupation 

 was recovered. 



SITE 13JH205 



The occupation area of Site 13JH205 is situated upon a low 

 triangular remnant of the first terrace above the narrow Iowa River 

 flood plain (fig. 23). The site is peninsular to a high limestone 

 bluff forming the eastern periphery of the Crosheck River flat. The 

 site is separated by an extensive silted creek sytsem from the eastern- 

 most portion of Site 13JH2. The area is heavily forested, but is 

 lacking in minor ground cover. 



The site was sampled by a series of trenches and pits based on 

 a 5-foot grid pattern, recorded numerically along the approximate 

 north-south axis and alphabetically along the opposite axis. Vertical 

 controls were based upon 0.5-foot excavation levels. Four additional 

 test pits were excavated to investigate the eastern portion of the site. 



