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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



RHEA COT^NTY. 



THE KRAZII'.I! MOl'NIIS. 



Tlie two mounds (roiiii)Osin.ii' this group are on the tarni of ^Ir. Sam- 

 uel Frazier, north of the Tennessee river, in the sontiiern part of tlie 

 eoimty, 3 miles south of Washington. They are located on the second 

 bottom, about one-fourth of a mile from the river. 



Mound No. 1, circular in outline, wa.s only .'!() feet in diameter and .'! 

 feet high. This was thoroughly worked over and found to be composed 

 throughout of red clay, and to contain ten stone cists, jilaced as shown 

 in Fig. 28ti. These were made of thin slabs of limestone, with bot- 

 tom and covering of 

 the same. They dif- 

 fered somewhat from 

 the usual form, being 

 from '20 to 24 inches 

 square andfrom V2 to 

 24 inches deep. Each 

 contained the bones 

 of a single skeleton, 

 in most cases of ad- 

 ults. In every in- 

 stance, the head was 

 at the bottom, the 

 otlier bones being 

 placed around and 

 above it. All the 

 space not occupied 

 by the bones was 

 Hlled with dirt. No 

 relics were found. 



As willbeobserved 

 by reference to the 

 figure, the graves were couflned to the southeastern portion of the 

 mound. Those nearest the center were about a foot below the surface 

 of the mound, while the stones of those nearest the margin were par- 

 tially exposed. This was ])robably owing to the -mound's having been 

 considerably worn down. 



Mound No. 2, which stands 40 feet from No. 1, is also small, being 

 but 27 feet in dianu'ter and 3 feet high. It had been opened by other 

 parties, and, according to report, found to contain stone graves similar 

 to those in No. 1. This was verified by an examination, as the bottom 

 and side pieces of a number of them were found still in idace. These 

 were scattered thnmghout the mound, and their number must have 

 been considerable. 



These small cists will ])robably recall to the min<ls of archeologists 



Fig. 286. — Plan of biirialfl in nionnil No. I, Frazier j2:rr»ni», 

 couutv. TenuL'ssee. 



