ABORIGINAL SITES IN LOUISIANA AND IN ARKANSAS. 85 
Near the ridge are two deposits of mussel-shells, mostly broken—refuse 
from aboriginal meals. 
Outside the fence, near the river, is a small mound having a large depression 
in the central part where, presumably, some excavator had been at work. 
This place, no doubt, had been a site of some importance, but long-con- 
tinued cultivation presumably had destroyed most of the burials that formerly 
had been there. 
SITE at HAMPTON LANDING, BRADLEY COUNTY. 
Immediately at Hampton Landing is cleared ground, higher than most of 
the surrounding country, belonging to Mr. Edward Outlaw, who lives about one 
mile distant. On the surface of this clearing were a few scattered bits of flint 
and of inferior pottery. A small, barbed arrowhead of flint was picked up also. 
The rich layer of sandy loam on the cleared ground was not much more than 
a foot in thickness. Of two burials found in this layer one had been badly dis- 
turbed and consisted of only a few scattered bones. 
The other burial, an elongated layer of a single thickness of bones, contained 
parts of at least seven skeletons, as fragments of that number of skulls were 
found. "These skulls had been placed together at one end of the layer. 
Near the skulls was a small lump of red oxide of iron, the only object found 
with the interment. 
SITE NEAR GEE LANDING, DREW COUNTY. 
Not far from Gee Landing is a farm on which our agent saw considerable 
débris on the surface and thought it likely that it marked a former dwelling-site 
of the aborigines. The owner of the place, however, demanded a price for the 
investigation, which we were not willing to accord. 
SITE NEAR LOWRIE LANDING, BRADLEY COUNTY. 
Lowrie Landing has behind it a narrow strip of woods which is submerged 
in periods of high water. Back of this is a large field on elevated ground, forming 
part of the property of Messrs. Howard and David Webb who live somewhat 
farther back in the country. At several places in this field the ground was dark 
and had on the surface considerable midden débris, including bits of coarse 
pottery, broken arrowheads of flint, hammer-stones, etc. 
In but one of these promising looking places, however, were burials met with, 
their presence being indicated by fragments of human bones on the surface. 
Considerable digging unearthed four burials, all badly disturbed and scattered, 
as hardly could have been otherwise, lying as they did but a few inches below the 
surface. No artifacts were associated with them. 
Several low, irregular rises of the ground on the borders of the field were 
dug into without success, one being a shell-heap from which the following shells 
have been identified by Doctor Pilsbry: Quadrula plicata, Q. nodifera, Q. trigona, 
6 JOURN. ACAD. NAT. SCI. PHILA., VOL. XVI. 
