62 ABORIGINAL SITES IN LOUISIANA AND IN ARKANSAS. 
Mound B, 80 paces 8. by E. from Mound 4, near the bank of the lake, has 
been greatly worn and trampled by stock. The mound, rectangular, the sides 
approximately facing the cardinal points, has a height of about 6.5 feet. The 
diameters of the base are 87 feet and 102 feet: those of the summit-plateau, 36 
feet and 45 feet. 
Ten trial-holes showed the mound to be of dark, yellow clay and came upon 
five burials so badly decayed that small parts only remained, at depths ranging 
between 6 inches and 2.5 feet. These burials were all above a dark layer about 
Fic. 27.—Vessel of earthenware. Lake Place. (Height 4.7 inches.) 
3 feet down, probably caused by occupancy for a time before enlargement of the 
mound. 
The burials consisted of three bunches of bones, each with two skulls; 
one with a single skull; and a skeleton at length on the back. About one foot 
in depth was a vessel shown in Fig. 27, which, broken when found, has since been 
cemented together and restored. As no bones were with this vessel, presumably 
the burial had disappeared through decay, or possibly its dissociation from 
remains was the result of disturbance. 
Mound C, 46 paces ESE. from Mound A, about 3.5 feet in height and 60 
feet in diameter, had been cultivated over and much worked down. Seven 
trial-holes showed the mound to be of dark, yellow clay, but came upon no sign 
of burials. 
