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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



OUA<!HITA COUNTY. 



The only explorations made in this county were of some groups near 

 Camden. 



About '.^ miles north of Camden, in Sec. 9, T. 13 S., R'. 17 W., on the 

 Piles plantation, is a group consisting of one large and two small 

 mounds. It formerly contained another, which has been dug away to 

 aid in filling a railroad embankment. The plantation on wliicli they 

 are situated has been in cultivation for thirty years or more. The soil 

 is a reddish, sandy loam, not very productive, and subject to occasional 



Fl(i. 152.— An ornamented water bottle. Clark county, 

 Arban.s.as. 



Fm. 153.— Flat-bottomed jar, Clark 

 (umnt.v, Arkansas. 



overflows. Broken bones, small pieces of pottery, broken stone imple- 

 ments, and mussel shells lie scattered over the surface. A few pitted 

 stones, a number of arrowheads, a pestle or two, and a stoiu^ celt were 

 also found on the surface. 



A plat of the group and its immediate surroundings is shown in Fig. 

 154. As will be seen by this, the largest of the three mounds stands 

 on the bank of a small slough. It is oblong, and nearly flat on top, 12 

 feet high, length on the top, east and west, 70 feet, and width 60 feet. 

 Abutting against it on the east end is a long, apron-like extension run- 

 ning out for 175 feet, 100 feet Mide, and -1 feet high. Both mound and 

 terrace are composed of sandy loam, but the latter is much harder and 



