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together, forming a tough, resistant mass. The momid was com- 

 pletely removed to the gromid level, but nothing of mterest except 

 chips of flint, fragments of obsidian knives, and potsherds was fomid 

 till the gromid level was reached. Lying upon this, near the center 

 of the mound, were found ^he two small vases represented m figure 

 71, a, h. Each is about 6 inches in diameter; the one marked a is 

 of polished red pottery, nearly globular in shape; h is of dark 

 chocolate-colored pottery, also finely polished. There was a space 

 of about 4 feet between the two vessels, m which were fomid frag- 

 ments of human bones. 



Mound No. 27 



Mo mid No. 27 was situated within 100 yards of the next precedmg, 

 compared with which it was slightly smaller. It was built of blocks 

 of limestone, limestone dust, and earth. No remains were fomid in 

 the niomid till the ground level was reached. Resting on this, 

 about the center of the mo mid, lay a small vase 

 (fig. 72), 8 mches in height, of rough red pottery. 

 Close to this were a few fragments of human 

 bones and some teeth. This momid contamed 

 nothing else of interest. 



Mound No. 28 



Mound No. 28 was situated close to Nos, 26 and 

 27, and was built of similar material. It was 6 feet 

 high by 120 feet in circumference. On the gromid 

 Fig. 72.-Red pottery level about the Center of the mound lay a circular, 

 vase found in Mound flat-bottomed bowl 8 inohes in diameter, painted a 

 dark chocolate color and pohshed. A hole had been 

 bored in its bottom and the bowl itself was broken into three pieces. 

 With it was an irregularly shaped piece of flint about 5 inches in 

 length, into which nearly 20 circular holes had been bored. It would 

 appear that this piece of flint had been used to test the merits of vari- 

 ous boring implements, as some of the holes were shallow depressions, 

 while others were half an inch deep. Most of them were mere circu- 

 lar depressions of varying diameters, with a smooth flat bottom, and 

 had evidently been made with a sohd cylindrical borer, others, how- 

 ever, had a solid core projecting from their bottom, and appeared to 

 have been bored with a hoUow cylinder; while a third variety had a 

 small indentation at the summit of this central core. No further exca- 

 vation was done in this group of momids, as they aU appeared to be 

 sepulchral, belonging to persons of the poorer class, hence it was 

 considered very improbable that objects of interest would be foimd 

 in them. 



