Rlv. Bas. Sur. 

 Pap. No. 35] 



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various sites in Minnesota, Ohio, and North Dakota, and they appear 

 to be common throughout the Northeastern United States as well as 

 in some of the Southeastern sites. This is a specific trait of the Point 

 Peninsula Focus (Eitchie, 1944, p. 117), which appears to relate some- 

 what to the cultural horizon represented at the Hosterman site. 



A heavily eroded wapiti's tooth {Cervus canadensis) was found 

 in Feature 34. It had been perforated for suspension and was prob- 

 ably used as a pendant worn around the neck of some individual. 

 It is the only specimen of this sort found at the site. 



Human remains are represented by 5 incisors and 1 canine tooth. 

 The five incisors were found in a small pit along with other debris, 

 but no human bones were present. The single canine tooth was found 

 in a nearby midden pit. All of the six teeth were greatly worn, 

 having been reduced to about the gum line. All were flat across 

 the top. Adhering to the sides of the roots of the five incisors was 

 an osseous growth, known as cementosis. The amount of this growth 

 or deposit v/as not constant ; some teeth have more of it than others. 

 This is an apparent indication of age, for all five teeth appear to 

 have belonged to a single individual. 



SHELL 



Shells were not numerous at the Hosterman site. Several large 

 mussel shells were found thinly scattered throughout the midden, 

 some appeared in midden-cache pits, and a few came from house areas. 

 Dr. J. E. P. Morrison, Department of Zoology, U.S. National Mu- 

 seum, identified four species of shells from this site. They are : Las- 

 migona complanata (Barnes) ; Anodonta grandis plana (Lea) ; Oli- 

 vella hiplicata (Sowerby) that was introduced from California; and 

 Succlnea grosvenori (Lea). Usually these shells are un worked. Sec- 

 tions of Lasmigona complanata were cut into triangular, rectangular, 

 and other simple geometric forms, though none were perforated. 

 Other Lasmigona complanata were converted into spoons or scrapers 

 whereas portions of others were shaped to disk pendants that were 

 perforated for suspension. A small section of a serrated shell frag- 

 ment was found within the midden area at a depth of 2.5 feet to 

 3.0 feet. The margins on either side of the serrations have been 

 rubbed smooth, while the basal section holds the fractured break. 

 Apparently this was some form of pendant. 



Table 6. — SffteZZ identified 



