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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



clay, some of them very bard, and filling in between them with smaller 

 pieces. Althongli not solid, it seems that it was intended it should be 

 as compact and smooth on top as it could be made with such material- 



Under this was a layer of ashes some 2 or 3 inches thick; below 

 this, dark muck or sticky clay. Other snudl ash beds were also found- 

 Eight pots were found in the large burnt clay layer, two of them at 

 the bottom of the layer by the side of an adult skeleton which lay iu a 

 horizontal position. 



No. S, ;?5 yards south of No. 7, measured only 20 feet in diameter and 

 2 feet in height. This, like the preceding, w'as composed chiefly of the 



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Fig. 120. — A^crtical .section of mound No. 1, Miller j;roup, Poinsett county, Arkansas. 



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black, sticky soil or muck of the swamp areas around the grouj). A 

 trench across it revealed nothing except a layer of burnt clay, about 6 

 inches thick, occupying about two-thirds of the area of the mound 



No. is only about 15 feet southwest of No. 8, diameter 30 feet, 

 height, 4 feet; circular, and flat on top; a large pecan tree stands on 



the northeast slope. The top 

 layer, 6 inches thick, consisted 

 of loose, sandy soil, followed by 

 a layer of burnt clay, <[uite hard, 

 9 inches thick; the rest of the 

 mound to the original surface of 

 the ground consisted of black 

 muck. 



Fig. 121 is a plat of this mound 

 showing the relative positions 

 of the articles found in it: 1, a 

 chipped celt at the depth ' of 6 

 inches; 2, a folded skeleton, 

 head east, at the d<?pth of 6 

 inches, and by the side of it a 

 pot; 3, another skeleton at the 

 depth of 9 inches, and by its side 

 a bowl; 4, a clay disk at the 

 depth of 6 inches; 5 and G, two folded skeletons, depth 2i feet, heads 

 west; 7 and 8, two folded skeletons, depth 18 inches, heads east, with 

 a bowl by the side of one and a jug by the other ; 9 and 10, folded skele- 

 tons with j ug and pot ; 11, a pottery disk at the depth of 2 feet ; 12, stone 

 disk at 18 inches; 13, 14, and 1.5, folded skeletons, heads southeast, 

 depth 2A feet, by them a three-legged jug, a bowl and pot; 10 and 17, a 

 jug and bowl at the depth of 3i feet, no skeletons with them ; 18, a single 

 bowl, very small, depth 1 foot. A bone punch was also found here. 



Fl(i. 121.— Mound No. 9, Miller gro«)i. roiusett 

 coiiutv, Arkansas. 



' Mc!isurement8 of depth are always to the upper aide of the article mentioned as it lies iu the mound. 



