588 PREHISTORIC VILLAGES IN TENNESSEE [ETH ANN. 41 
GRAVE G 
Somewhat similar in shape and size to Grave F, and immediately 
adjoining it on the west, was Grave G. It is shown in Figure 194. 
This grave is 36 inches in diameter and has six sides. It had been 
entered by relic hunters, who overlooked a little image burial vase 
which was sitting upright in the open space in the wall 
at A. This vase is shown in Plate 132, c. Joseph 
Jones, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 
volume 22, page 132, shows an image vase, B, in his 
Figure 71, which came from this site and is very much 
Fic. 193—Diagram like this one. 
oor © A badly decayed mussel shell, which was probably 
a spoon, was found where the head had likely rested. 
The body had been disturbed, but enough bones remained in place 
to show that it had probably been buried somewhat in the position 
shown in Figure 192. Not enough were in place, how- ( 
ever, to determine this with certainty. 
Under the stone-slab floor of grave G was a small A 
amount of ashes containing a few scattered mussel shells Sel 
and fragments of domestic pottery. There was no indi- 
cation of strong action of fire. This evidently repre- Fic. 194—Diagram 
sented a temporary domestic cooking place on the ®ve ¢ 
surface of the original knoll before the placing of the grave or the 
erection of the mound around it. 
MOUND NO. 4 
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Mound No. 4, on the east side of the town square (pl. 125, 6), is 
a low, oblong mound, 200 feet north and south and 180 feet east and 
west, and about 4 feet in height. A test pit was sunk, 3 by 2 feet, 
to a depth of 3 feet. The soil appeared similar to the poor soil on 
all the other natural knolls in the field. No pottery or ashes were 
found. The mound was apparently a natural knoll which had been 
given its present shape by the removal of soil, which went into the 
large mound, No. 1, to the north. No traces of graves could be 
found in mound No. 4. Those who have plowed this mound for many 
years state that they have never seen any evidences of graves in it. 
This mound may possibly have supported some important building. 
If so, all trace has been destroyed by erosion and long cultivation. 
MOUND NO. 1 
The principal mound of the Fewkes group is No. 1. It is the large 
central mound with the tall, slender tree, shown in Plate 125, db. 
Dr. Harry S. Vaughn, ornithologist, at the left, is standing on mound 
