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- L INTRODUCTION 
This report is the result of field investigations in New Mad- 
rid County, Missouri, carried on from April to July 1941 and 
from November 1941 to March 1942, a Work Projects Adminis- 
tration project, under the joint sponsorship of the Academy of 
Science of St. Louis and the Missouri Resources Museum. The 
Work Projects Administration of Missouri furnished all of the 
labor under the direct supervision of Winslow M. Walker and 
the general direction of Robert McCormick Adams. 
The Work Projects Administration officials in both St. Louis 
and Jefferson City, Missouri were responsible for obtaining 
government funds without which the project could not have 
been carried out. Mn A. C. Burrill, Curator of the Missouri 
Resources Museum, gave the official support of his institution 
to the project. 
Thanks are particularly due to Mr. Joseph Matthews of 
Sikeston, Missouri for general permission to excavate on the 
property of the Matthews estate; to Mr. C. A. Critchlow of 
Matthews, Missouri, for allowing the excavation of a portion 
of his pasture; and to Mr. Howard Steel of Matthews who 
granted permission to work on the portion of the site extending 
onto his land. Mr. K. K. Baker of Sikeston furnished valuable 
aid in the locating of sites throughout New Madrid and neigh- 
boring counties. 
Credit is due the people who conducted the technical aspects 
of the work. In this connection we must mention Mr. Edmund 
Winkler and Mr. John Arnold who took charge of the business 
arrangements of the projects ; Mr. Frank for drawing the maps 
and features in the laboratory; Mr. Jay Sirolis and Mr. Ray 
Whisler for their photographic work ; Mr. Hariey Pritchett and 
Mr. Lloyd Willis for their efficient work as foremen ; and Mr. 
Ben Ward for clerical work. 
Betty Bachrach Adams was largely responsible for trans- 
cription of the manuscript. Ross R. Heinrich edited the final copy. 
