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what resembles that of pottery in Saline county (see fig. 19), but the 
form differs from any yet found there. Nothing else was found in 
this grave. 
The second grave, halfway between the center and the northern 
margin, was rectangular in shape, 7 feet 6 inches long east and west, 
3 feet 4 inches wide, extending 21 inches into the subsoil, or about 30 
inches below the natural surface. On the bottom lay on its back an 
extended skeleton, with the head toward the west. Only portions 
of bones were left, but enough to determine that the body wasless 
than 6 feet inlength. One foot from the left side of the head, toward 
the north, was a pot with a flaring top and globular bottom, holding 
about a pint. Being poorly burned, it crumbled when exposed. 
Near the pot was the front part of a lower jaw, the ramus on each side 
purposely having been broken away. Five molars remained, the 
sixth having disappeared with the missing bone. All the other teeth 
had fallen out or had been extracted either after death or shortly 
before, as there was no evidence of growth or closure of the bone, and 
the sockets were filled with earth. About the pelvis were part of 
another jaw, a vertebra, and a bone from the foot, lying as if thrown 
on the body either intentionally or with a load of earth. There were 
indications, though not conclusive, that the graves were filled and 
small mounds made over them separately, and the larger mound sub- 
sequently built above both of these. 
MOUND NO. 3 
In the third mound a few fragments of human bones lay loose in 
the earth here and there; all these were accidental. Around the cen- 
ter, 18 inches above the bottom, was a mixed mass of ashes and 
burned earth, extremely hard, scraped together elsewhere and thrown 
here. It covered a space about 4 by 5 feet, and was a foot deep at 
the maximum. All through this layer, especially in the east half, 
were small cindery fragments of human bones, which must have been 
subjected to great heat for a considerable length of time after the 
flesh had disappeared, to be so thoroughly charred and reduced to so 
small pieces. 
On the same level, 3 feet south of these fragments, were bunched 
bones; and on the red clay subsoil one to two feet southeast of the 
latter lay other bones, indicating afolded body or skeleton. Four feet 
east of the center, at the bottom, was most of the upper part of askull 
with no other remains near by. None of these bones were burned. 
Midway between the center and the south margin was a grave 7 feet 
by 3 feet 8 inches, having the greatest length east and west, and 20 
inches deep, reaching well into the hard subsoil. On the bottom lay 
two extended skeletons, with the heads toward the west. There 
were several inches of clear space between the bones and each end of 
