﻿CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS EAST OF THE 

 ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



By Cyrus Thomas. 



Introduction. 



The present list cau be considered only as preliminary to a complete 

 and thorough catalogue of the ancient works of the United States and 

 Canada. 



It was first intended simply as an aid in constructing archeological 

 maps for the general report on the mound explorations of the Bureau, 

 but on account of its usefulness as a means of reference, it has been 

 thought best to publish it as a bulletin. 



That many omissions, duplications and errors occur in the list is to 

 be expected, as it has been prepared to a large extent from the pub- 

 lished notices of antiquities scattered through numerous works, peri- 

 odicals, pamphlets, etc., which are often so incomplete and indefinite 

 as to leave the precise localities uncertain. This is especially true of 

 the notices by the earlier authorities, and as subsequent references to 

 the same works often fail to refer to earlier mentions or to identify the 

 antiquities, duplications doubtless frequently occur. A serious draw- 

 back has been the want of correct maps of the periods referred to in 

 the published accounts of antiquities, as the changes in the names and 

 boundaries of the counties often render it impossible to determine the 

 present names of the counties in which some of the antiquities are 

 found. 



In order to correct the list so far as possible, the attention of the 

 field assistants was called to the subject and considerable time was 

 devoted to this special work in certain sections. Eev. S. D. Peet was 

 employed to correct and make additions to the list for Wisconsin; 

 Eev\ W. M. Beauchamp for New York and Canada; Mr. H. L. Reynolds 

 for western New York and parts of Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin; 

 Mr. rJ. D. Middleton for portions of Kentucky; Mr. James Mooney lor 

 the mountain region of jSTorth Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

 Georgia and Alabama, and Mr. Gerard Fowke for parts of Ohio, Mich- 

 igan, and Kentucky. All the additions and corrections thus made 

 have been incorporated in this catalogue. 



