TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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Introduction. 
Location and Present Topography of the Site 
'Summary of Previous Work. 
■Methods and Techniques. 
Results of Excavations. 
Descriptions of Specimens. 
Trait Analysis of the Matthews Site. 
Chronological Sequence. 
Summary and Conclusions. 
References. 
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LIST OF TABLES 
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Provenience of Burials. 
Trait List for the New Madrid Focus. 
Comparative Trait List 
Middle Mississippi Traits Found on the East Side of 
the Mississippi Valley and not on the West Side. 
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Plate 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
Location of Matthews Site in Relation to Other Middle 
Mississippi Sites. 
Reproduction of Potter's 1878 Map of the Matthews Site. 
Details of the Matthews Site Mapped In 1941; Topog- 
raphy and Locations of Excavations and Mounds. 
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