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them. Two large upright rocks lay to the north of this. At the 
base of one of them was a nearly complete deep olla or jar with 
flaring rim and two loop handles. Presumably the rocks and 
bones had been gouged out by the plow. 
None of the graves had stone covers but all were encased by 
vertical side and end slabs and the bottoms were lined with slabs 
also. All skeletons with one exception were extended with one 
skeleton to a stone box grave. The remaining box, oval in 
shape, contained a disarticulated skeleton with no grave furni- 
ture (J¢21-6). Complete small common bowls and one or two 
plate forms were buried at the head.* 
In addition to the pots one individual had as grave furni- 
ture a red claystone pipe placed over the center of the stem 
(projecting stem variety), and a highly polished thin ax oF 
spud of chipped flint with a ground flaring bit (Je21-2). An- 
other was accompanied near the pelvis region by the severed 
head of a second person, a flat section of chert roughly ladle 
shaped and two small ollas or jars buried at the head (Je21-4). 
(See Plate VI A). Another burial had but one very small olla 
buried at the head (J¢21-11). All burials appear to have had pot- 
tery buried with them. In three instances the plow had neatly torn 
away the side slabs and the grave furniture leaving only the 
bottom slabs, fragments of pottery and a few bones in position 
(J¢21-5-8-10). The remainder of what were once graves were 
only dark patches of earth containing a few fragments of human 
bones. 
The pottery ware was nearly entirely Imperial Plain and 
consisted of small ollas or jars with and without loop handles, 
a water bottle and a plate. There were a few Plattin Clay Tem 
pered and Herculaneum Cord Roughened (limestone temper) 
sherds, The artifacts consisted of the claystone pipe, the thin 
ax, a polished chisel or small celt, a finely chipped stemless prO- 
jectile point with a convex base, and a fragment of a finely 
chipped knife. (See Plate VI B which includes also artifacts 
from J°40 and Jv32). 
1It is fortunate that we were able to work at this location and So 
conserve the few remaining graves that had not been completely 
destroyed by the plow. 
