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are indicated by one dash between the lines, while secondary struc- 

 tures are indicated by two dashes between the lines, etc. This is nec- 

 essary because of multiple occupancy of single sites, upon which as 

 many as eight structures have been found, one superimposed on an- 

 other. The extent and form of all trenched areas is indicated by 

 broken lines at the boundary. 



Site No. 1.— HETHERLEY STONE MOUNDS 



This site is located on the J. M. Hetherley farm in close proximity 

 to a place known locally as Shanghai Branch. It is situated about 

 500 yards to the right of the road leading from Demery, Campbell 

 County, to the mouth of Cedar Creek. 



Four stone mounds are located on the wooded south slope of a 

 high hill within 100 feet of the crest. On the opposite side of the 

 hill, some 700 or 800 yards distant, the Powell River flows. In all 

 directions the terrain rises irregularly, and many springs and small 

 creeks lie at the bottom of these hills. The high-water survey stakes 

 indicate that the entire area will be included within the Norris 

 Keservoir. 



All four mounds were in alinement, approximately north and 

 south. For purposes of reference they will be referred to as Mound 

 No. 1, Mound No. 2, Mound No. 3, and Mound No. 4; Mound No. 1 

 being the southernmost and Mound No. 4 the northernmost. The 

 periphery of Mound No. 1 was 4 feet from the periphery of Mound 

 No. 2, Mound No. 3 was 15 feet from Mound No. 2, and Mound No. 

 4 was 56 feet from Mound No. 3. The diameters were, in order, 18 

 feet, 12 feet, 12 feet, and 14 feet. 



All four mounds were round in configuration and their heights 

 were, in order, 2.5 feet, 2 feet, 1.5 feet, and 1.75 feet. Each mound 

 contained about an equal amount of rudimentary stone, which varied 

 in size from 3 inches thick and 1 foot square to small stones. 



Test trenches made in Mounds No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 revealed that 

 these mounds had been previously disturbed by marauders. No trace 

 of burials was found in Mound No. 4, but a few fractured human 

 bones were discovered in Mound No. 1 and Mound No. 3. 



Upon removing about a foot of stone and soil from Mound No. 2, 

 a burial was found. This skeleton was in a partially flexed position. 

 Due to the extremely moist condition of the soil, it was decided to 

 remove the stone and soil surrounding the burial to a depth of 3 

 feet, which operation uncovered two additional fully extended 

 burials directly beneath the upper one. The three burials had the 

 same orientation, namely, heads to the northeast and faces to the 

 right. 



