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and implements were found in the general digging on the village site. 

 A large number of sandstone mortars and pestles were found, to- 

 gether with the usual type of hammerstones made from river pebbles 

 of various sizes and of many different materials. Most of this ma- 

 terial was fragmentary, evidently the wastage of the village, and 

 much of it was too crude to be of any special diagnostic value. A 

 few sandstone disks and one limestone discoidal are shown in plate 

 31, b. together with a few of the more perfect celts, made of granite, 

 hematite, and limestone, from the general digging. A few frag- 

 ments of steatite occurred, which were seemingly portions of broken 

 vessels. Most of the flint material was but little more than crude 

 flakes. Plate 31, 2>, shows the types of projectile points recovered on 

 this site. 



Both the amount and the quality of the stone artifacts from this 

 site were very disappointing, as they gave little definite information. 

 All such material, however, seemed to be definitely prehistoric. How- 

 ever, during the excavation of the village site a workman found one 

 small amber bead and another found a button made from a thin 

 embossed sheet of silver, laid on a wooden disk and crimped on 

 the back. Though tarnished by long burial in the earth, the metal 

 took on its former luster after a little polishing. The wooden back- 

 ing was badly decayed. These objects were found on the village 

 site at an uncertain depth — at the most not more than 14 inches from 

 the surface. They were taken from the earth as it was thrown 

 out on the pile, and, since the land had long been in cultivation, their 

 exact depth at the time of their discovery, if known, would have 

 but little significance. 



In the excavation of the mound above the structure referred to as 

 Structure No. 2 a workman shoveled out a copper coin with the 

 bead and button above referred to. This coin, which was much 

 worn, was about the size of our present half dollar. It was taken 

 from a depth of about 18 inches, as nearly as can be determined. 

 Unfortunately, the workman who first found the coin put it in his 

 pocket and did not report it to the field party supervisor until 

 nearly 2 hours later, after a fellow-workman had mentioned seeing 

 the coin. An investigation made immediately by the supervisor 

 seemed to establish the fact that the coin came from a depth of at 

 least 18 inches below the present surface of the mound. It was, 

 seemingly, much too deep to have ever been disturbed by the cul- 

 tivation of the soil. This depth very closely approximates the old 

 floor level of the secondary (and perhaps the last) structure to have 

 been built on this portion of the mound. It is quite possible, and 

 it is believed highly probable, all facts being considered, that this 

 coin was carried to the floor of this structure by its last owner. It 



