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The skull was missing. Grave fill consisted of clean river sand. As- 

 sociated with these remains were five Hyco Fabric-Marked sherds. 

 Since the grave fill was sterile, this placement of sherds appears to 

 haA'e been one form of grave ofl'ering. 



Dog burial No. 4 was fomid in a small vertically sided grave 1.0 

 foot in diameter and 0.9 foot beneath the base of the present humus. 

 The top of the skull was lying at a depth of 1.3 feet beneath the pres- 

 ent surface with the body curled and bent over somewhat on its left 

 side with the head pointing to the south. We found the same types 

 of snails associated with this dog as we found with dog burial No, 

 2 ; also recovered were two Hyco Fabric-Marked sherds. This animal 

 was rather yomig when it died, for the epiphyseal unions had not 

 been com2:)leted at the time. Skull length measured less than 5 inches ; 

 the brain case was crushed and incomplete. Although all the bones 

 were not present, all of those found were in normal anatomical ar- 

 rangement. A number of rodent tunnels were present which may 

 account for the incompleteness of the dog's skeleton. 



Dog burial No. 5 was found in an oval-shaped grave whose origin 

 was first noted at a depth of 1.0 foot beneath the present surface. 

 Only the skull and a few of the long bones were present. These lay 

 scattered upon the base of the grave. Grave fill consisted of the usual 

 midden material, 



CERAMICS 



We recovered 8,195 sherds from the area investigated. An examina- 

 tion of these sherds showed that six distinct major pottery types could 

 be recognized (based upon these sherds rather than upon whole 

 vessels). These are: fabric-marked, cord-wa-apped paddled, plain, 

 textile- impressed, net-impressed, and combed (pi, 87, c-i) . Plain was 

 subdivided into Hyco Plain and Clarksville Plain. Textile-impressed 

 was subdivided into four subtypes: early Clarksville Textile-Im- 

 pressed, Clarksville Fine Open Twilled-lmpressed, Clarksville Me- 

 dium Open Twilled-lmpressed, and Clarksville Coarse Open Twilled- 

 lmpressed. The net-impressed was subdivided into an early type 

 called Hyco Coarse Net-Impressed, and a later type called Clarksville 

 Fine Net-Impressed, the distinguishing feature being coarse or fine 

 mesh. 



Those of the Hyco Series (pis, 87, 88, 89) are distinguished by hav- 

 ing a finely divided paste to which was added a very fine sand, less 

 than 0.25 mm, to 0.9 mm. in diameter. The paste is compact, evenly 

 fired, lacks fire clouds, and is tlmi walled. 



On the other hand the Clarksville Series is on a coarser paste in 

 which larger particles of sand and some gravel appear, is contorted 

 ill physical appearance, is much darker in color due to the difi'erence 

 of firing methods, and is much thicker and not quite as hard. 



