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Jo2 was found to have been almost wholly destroyed by 
commercial excavators but the presence of a few scattered lime- 
stone slabs and a few human bones near the center of the mound 
attested to some sort of a rock formation in connection with 
human burials. A granite concave faced grinding stone and a 
limestone pestle stone found nearby, were found near the east 
edge of the mound. 
Stemmed projectile points and Herculaneum Cord Rough- 
ened sherds were found in the mound fill. However it could 
not be determined if this mound was more recent or the same 
age as the village. 
Two cuts were started at the south and north ends of J°35. 
Soon, however, rocks were discovered beneath the surface so 
the surface of the mound was stripped revealing a mantle of 
rocks on the north end of the mound and a mantle of rocks 
on the south end. Between these two formations at a depth 
of 40 centimeters was an outline of burned and discolored mound 
fill in the form of a rectangle with rounded corners. (See Plate 
IIB). Just to one side of the center of this formation was 4 
roughly circular fireplace and at the center of the south side 
was a discoloration that could have been a doorway. There 
were no post molds but a few fragments of charcoal from the 
fireplace were saved for dendrochronological study. Directly be- 
neath this ceremonial structure at a depth of 40-50 centimeters 
below the floor of the ceremonial structure were the partially 
articulated remains of several adults, the upper extremities 1 
complete disarticulation and partly missing. The moun 
also contained a few human fragments. The mound fill under the 
fireplace in the superimposed cermonial structure had been 
burned down to the burials. An extended adult lay to the east 
of the central graves. Many of the bones of this skeleton were 
missing. No grave furniture was found but a few mussel shells 
lay on the burial level on the original bluff surface between the 
central group and the extended skeleton. Herculaneum Cord 
Roughened pottery was found but there were also a few Im- 
perial Plain sherds including a bean pot handle, which with small 
