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longs to an early phase of the Woodland Pattern but we have 
not yet sufficient traits to assign a name to it either on the as- 
pect or phasic level. 
The same applies to the middle component at the Hidden 
Valley shelter where stemmed and stemless projectile points 
notched near the base and concave based points have been 
found with large irregular fireplaces and Hidden Valley Crushed 
Quartz ware. This component belongs to a different phase than 
the Pittsburgh village component, and may also be of con- 
siderable age. The area containing the point notched near the 
base and the Rouggly Uneven Grit ware from the Rouggly 
shelter may prove to belong to the same phase or to a different 
phase, but until there is more information we cannot assign a 
descriptive term on the phasic level. The effigy rock platforms, 
intrusive flexed Woodland burial and ossuary at the Govro 
mound are Woodland and appear to be ancient, but we cannot 
hook up with the early Woodland Manifestations. 
More recent Woodland occupations with Middle Mississippi 
influence are represented at the St. Jo mound and village 
location. We have named it the Festus focus. Characteristic 
traits of this focus are small coarsely chipped isosceles projec- 
tile points, stemmed projectile points, expanded base: drills, 
coarsely chipped adzes', grooved axes of hematite, hollowed 
mortar stones with pestles, burned clay discs with indentations 
showing use as possible drill holders, fine grained chisel celts, 
Herculaneum Cord Roughened ware with finger pinched marks 
below vertical lips and cord wrapped stick impressions on the 
inside of the lip, a small amount of Imperial Plain ware and 
partly articulated human burials surrounded or covered with 
limestone slabs within a mound. Occupation of the area sur- 
rounding groups of these small mounds apparently took place 
during the construction of the mounds. Mussel shells on the 
same level as the burials, human bones scattered in the mound 
fill, burials immersed in ash and small temporary ceremonial 
Structures are also determinants of the Festus focus. (See 
Plate XII A). 
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