CONTENTS 



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Introduction 145 



Excavations 146 



Fortification ditch 148 



Palisade 150 



Houses 151 



Feature 22 154 



Feature 34 154 



Feature 32 155 



Cache pits 156 



Slaughtering or butchering areas 157 



Midden pits 159 



Artifact material 160 



Pottery 160 



Classification of body sherds as to exterior treatment 162 



Common traits of wares 163 



Detailed study of body sherds 165 



Lip treatment 167 



Rim forms and their treatment 171 



Shoulder treatment 182 



Handles 183 



Vessel shapes 186 



Painted pottery 188 



Miniature vessels 189 



Exotic vessel of possible Caddoan extraction 190 



Clay dawdles 191 



General statement 192 



Artifacts other than pottery 193 



Chipped-stone artifacts. 193 



Projectile points 193 



Microblades 194 



Scrapers 195 



Ovoid bifaces 203 



Biface choppers 203 



Knives 203 



Burinlike implements 205 



Stone perforators or gravers 206 



Lamellar flake tools 207 



Ground and pecked stone tools 208 



Hematite and other paint substances 211 



Bone artifacts 212 



Fetish or trophy skull 220 



Scored bird sternum 220 



Worked teeth 220 



Shell 221 



Copper 222 



Summary and conclusions 222 



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