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Mound Q showed по sign of previous cultivation or of digging for relics, though 
much of the eastern side had been destroyed apparently to make a roadway to the 
top of the mound at the northern end, 
presumably for a house that may have 
occupied the plateau in recent times. 
The summit plateau, 57 feet across on 
the north, 43 feet on the south, 52 feet 
on the west, and but 19 feet on the 
east where the road entered, had rather 
rich soil in places, which often indi- 
cates the presence of burials. Nine 
trial-holes were made without finding 
burials, though the earthenware head 
of an owl, which had belonged to a 
FrG. 139.—Ornament of sheet-copper. Mound Q. 
(Full size.) 
vessel (Fig. 138), and a small ornament 
of sheet-copper, representing a six- 
pointed star within a circle (Fig. 139), 
were met with in the soil. 
Ғіс. 138.— Part of earthenware vessel. Mound Q. "fees NT 3:3 RR 
pp aioe ee 9 Ете» Хоктн оғ Mounp Q. 
Directly north of Mound Q was a 
small cultivated patch of ground in 
which some digging was done by us. 
It became apparent, however, that, 
owing to cultivation and wash of rain, 
burials had been carried away or left 
so near to the surface that their accom- 
panying artifacts had sustained injury 
from the plow. 
A skeleton at full length on the 
back had at its head a small pot with 
two loop-handles and repoussé decora- 
tion (Fig. 140). 
A number of other burials were 
Per баганы үкілі of Mound 9 without artifacts. 
