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mound were occupied by a single group or by two closely re- 
lated groups. 
An examination of artifacts from the village further sub- 
Stantiates our conclusions that we have an intensely agricultural 
group forming cultural tieups with those who constructed the 
mound. (See Plate VI B, includes also artifacts from J¢21). 
There is an extremely small percentage of chipped points which 
‘include broad stemmed knives and small isosceles projectiles. 
A stemless bowl pipe for use with a reed stem, a bent tubular 
pipe of Imperial Plain ware, a chipped hoe polished at the cut- 
ting edge through use, polished celts, biconcave discoidals, per- 
forated shell hoes, a highly polished bone point with an eagle 
effigy carved at the base and other bone points were found in 
the village. Add to this the discovery of Imperial Plain pots 
with extended human burials in stone box graves just to the 
north of the mound and we have a fairly typical picture of a 
primitive agricultural community. 
THE McCORMACK CEMETERY (LOCATION VI) 
c21 
Unfortunately we could not investigate the cemetery with 
Stone box graves at the north end of JV32 for it was in alfalfa, 
but we did locate a cemetery Je21 two miles south of J¥32 on 
the right bank of the Plattin. Several rectangular stone box 
Staves each containing a single extended skeleton associated 
with pottery, and an oval stone box containing a bundle burial 
were discovered. These graves seem to be highly similar to those 
dug up by Mr. Boyce’s father alongside J°40 and JV32, therefore 
it is very probable that the peoples who were buried at J¢21 were 
of a very closely related component to those buried adjacent 
to J¥32 and Jo40, 
The stone box graves lay very close to the surface so that 
there was only one grave that was unscathed. The remainder, 
of which there were ten, generally had the side slabs torn out or 
leveled by the plow. Three of the burials consisted of scattered 
uman remains in the dark soil area. Pottery fragments and a 
complete water bottle next to a projectile point lay near two of 
