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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



the fringe of a limiting sliirt. These -weie formed by rolling slender 

 wire-like strips into small rings. 



A partial exploration of No. i was made in 18.57, revealing masses of 

 burned earth and charred huiiiau bones mingled with charcoal and 

 ashes. A further examination revealed, on the lower side, the end of a 



Fig. 54.— Mound group, Dunleith, Illinois. 



double line of flat stones set on edge, about a foot apart at the bottom 

 and adjusted so as to meet at the top in a roof-shaped arch or drain (for 

 whicli it was probably intended). This extended inward nearly on a 

 level, almo.st to tlie center, at which point it was about 3 feet beneath 

 the original surface of the ground. Here a skeleton was discovered in 

 a vault or grave which had been dug in the ground before the mound 



