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sherds, and shell was found at stake 6.2. The burial was 26 inches 

 below the ground surface. 



Mound Kb. 2 



Mound No. 2 lay in the old orchard, at the edge of the cultivated 

 field. It was heavily wooded with sassafras, elm, and sweet gum. 

 On the northern edge of the mound stood one large poplar tree, 

 which the owner reserved from cutting. The mound was circular 

 and constructed of clay-loam and sand. 



A secondary floor was 38 inches beneath the apex of the mound. 

 It was poorly preserved. Some years ago a potato cellar had been 

 dug into the mound near the center. This cellar showed as a de- 

 pression in the mound top. The cellar penetrated the secondary 

 floor near the middle. If there had been any structures or fireplaces 

 on this floor they would have been destroyed by such excavation. 

 The mound was built of varying grades of clay, loam, and sancL 

 Predominant was a heavy red clay, seen in cross section as many 

 small lenses. The sand was clean, white, and fine-grained — a typical 

 river sand. 



The primary floor was of small extent and obviously precedent to 

 the mound. It was probably associated with the original village 

 site. Like all earth mounds, erosion prevented a determination of 

 the size of the mound, but it was staked off, 70 by 70 feet, and 

 excavated in 10-foot trenches from the outer edge of the area. 



Special Features 



Feature No. 1. — A cache of nuts, charred chestnuts, and chinqua- 

 pins was found at stake 4.6 on the original ground surface. 



Feature No. 2. — A broken pottery vessel, with a pile of charred 

 corn, was found at stake 2.4 on the original ground surface. 



Feature No. 8. — The secondary floor, a definite feature of this 

 mound, was about 34 feet square. It was a sandy floor, burned and 

 hardened in some areas. This floor, well defined in certain areas, 

 certainly was surmounted by a structure. A few of the post molds 

 were found. Next to these molds a few fragments of charred wood 

 were found. In one mold was found the stub of a post, charred 

 to the floor surface, with the empty hole beneath, where the butt 

 end of the post had rotted away. Feature No. 2 was found beneath 

 this charred wood, which may account for the breaking of the pot 

 and the charring of the corn. 



Feature No. 4. — The structure, which was associated with the sec- 

 ondary floor, was 47 feet by 45 feet, shown by plat, figure 62. These 

 post molds were small, as shown in plate 98, a, none of them over 3 



