CONTENTS 



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Illustrations vn 



Foreword • xv 



Introduction 1 



Site No. 1. Hetherley Stone Mounds 9 



2. Bowman Farm Mounds 10 



3. Saltpeter Cave 25 



4. McCarty Farm Mounds 32 



5. The Irvin Village Site at Caryville 38 



6. Hill Farm Stone Mounds 60 



7. Wilson Farm Mound 63 



8. Richardson Farm Mound 64 



9. Harris Farm Mounds 69 



10. Ausmus Farm Mounds 83 



11. Walters Farm Village 115 



12. Wallace Cave 126 



13. Bullock Cave 128 



14. Hawkins Cave 130 



15. Johnson Farm Cemetery 130 



16. Taylor Farm Mound 133 



17. Lea Farm Village and Mounds 140 



18. Stiner Farm Stone Mounds 159 



19. Cox Mound 161 



20. Ausmus Burial Cave 179 



21. Crawford Farm Mounds 180 



22. Freel Farm Mound 186 



23. Doan Cave 189 



Rectangular structures 190 



Early history of the Norris Basin 201 



A study of the physical anthropology and pathology of the osteological 



material from the Norris Basin, by W. D. Funkhouser 225 



The ceramic remains from Norris Basin, Tennessee, by James B. Griffin— 253 



Tree ring dating for southeastern mounds, by Florence M. Hawley 359 



Conclusions 363 



Speculations 370 



Authorities cited 383 



Index 387 



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