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Figure 3. — Relationship of trenches in Mound III, He-4. 



nor any sterile areas. Stone implements, except for a few manos, 

 metate legs, hammerstones, and celt fragments were absent. Bone 

 implements likewise were rare, but unworked animal and bird bones 

 were present in some quantity. No human bone was found nor was 

 there any evidence that the mound was used for burial. Very few 

 complete pottery vessels were recovered, and those almost always oc- 

 curred singly or occasionally in pairs, but there were few finds of more 

 than one vessel. On the other hand, many almost complete vessels 

 were found; that is, bottles with spouts broken off, bird efRgy bowls 

 and simple bowls with pedestals missing as if the vessels had been 

 intentionally broken, or ceremonially "killed" without destroying the 

 entire vessel. In fact, it seems probable that care was taken not to 

 mutilate the vessels beyond a minimal amount. Almost all of the in- 



