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remainder lack either. Human interments may be of primary or 
secondary types, the latter often associated with crematorial prac- 
tices. From the published data, mortuary offerings seem to occur 
most often with the primary burials. However, burial accompani- 
ment in the rock-covered mounds seems to be the rule rather than the 
exception. In the collections available for study, it would be diffi- 
cult to suggest a single diagnostic artifact. The specimens run a 
gauntlet of various types of stone, bone, shell, and pottery, but there 
is little to compare in the way of artifacts between the sites. 
In contrast to the diversity that exists between these sites, certain 
elements appear throughout as a medium to indicate interrelation- 
ships. Geographically, all the mounds are situated on the tops of 
bluffs or high escarpments overlooking stream courses. Each of the 
mounds is covered with a layer of haphazardly placed rocks. Gen- 
erally this covering is composed of locally gathered limestone slabs, 
but this trait of capping the mound with rocks is not restricted to 
areas where limestone is available; other types of rocks are also used. 
Lastly, these burial mounds are an expression of a nonmaterial side 
of life—ideas and sentiments. Within a temporal and spatial range, 
the builders of the rock-covered mounds believed that the disposal of 
the dead should involve certain practices. That these practices were 
directed toward a special group of individuals within the society 
seems to be a reasonable inference. 
On the basis of this discussion it is apparent that the Russell 
Mound site (14J W207) resembles other burial mounds, but in each 
comparison almost as many differences as resemblances are apparent. 
In view of the small number of artifacts recovered from the mound, 
it may be premature to assign it to a definite archeological horizon. 
The pottery comparisons with three other documented sites demon- 
strate affiliations with the Upper Republican Aspect. A burial 
mound at the Weeping Water site (25CC34) has been assigned to the 
Nebraska Aspect. This mound, although lacking pottery, has many 
similarities with the Russell Mound. The Sweat Bee Mound site 
(14P014), ascribed to the Woodland Pattern, also has traits in com- 
mon with the Russell Mound, but they are of a very generalized 
character. 
On the basis of these comparisons, it appears that the Russeil 
Mound will fall into the Middle Ceramic Period on the central Great 
Plains, a time range from about A.D. 1300-1500. (Champe, 1946). 
It is my opinion that the mound dates very early in the Upper Repub- 
lican Aspect, probably around A.D. 1200. 
