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at their bases in a common stem hole. The interior diameter of these 

 bowls was 1.6 inches. This pipe was found broken into seven large 

 fragments, all close together near the skull of the single burial in 

 this mound. The surface of the pipe had been marred as if attempts 

 had been made to break it by percussion. This would suggest inten- 

 tional breaking at the time of deposit. 



With this burial were found cut canine teeth of bear and portions 

 of the upper jaw of a bear, with molars in situ, together with a 

 number of free molars and incisors. The fact that the canine teeth 

 were cut obliquely and ground down to plane surfaces as shown, 

 and were found associated with the other remnants of the bear jaw, 

 definitely indicates that these fragments are the remains of a bear- 

 jaw ornament. This artifact was found just above the knee of the 

 skeleton. 



A similar object has been previously reported from Fullerton 

 Field x and denominated a gorget, since it was drilled for suspension, 

 but there was no evidence that it was intended to be suspended about 

 the neck of the owner. Cut canine teeth of bear have been reported 2 

 from Fox Field in considerable numbers. An examination of these 

 specimens leads to the conclusion that similar ornaments were fairly 

 common on that site. Smith 8 reports similar cut bear jaws from 

 Fox Field and of one he states, "Fig. 7, Plate LI, part of the upper 

 jaw of a bear cut off through the roots of the teeth ; from near the 

 legs of skeleton 61, Mound No. 2." Another most interesting occur- 

 rence of cut bear- jaw ornaments is reported by Black 4 from Dear- 

 born County, Ind. Here also was a series of low mounds of stone 

 on the top of a high ridge. In one of these mounds the lower por- 

 tion of an articulated skeleton had at the left knee a cut lower jaw 

 of a bear. 



Mound No. 3 consisted of a horizontal arrangement of limestone 

 slabs similar to Mounds Nos. 1 and 2. Approximately in the center, 

 immediately beneath the slabs, was an oblong block of mica, meas- 

 uring 6 inches in length by 2.4 inches in width by 0.3 inch in thick- 

 ness, as shown in plate 104, b. No other remains were encountered. 



Mound No. 4 was small, having a diameter of about 12 feet. The 

 flat limestone slabs were not all in a horizontal position on this 

 mound, but were placed at various angles. It is possible that the 

 stones were left in this position by previous investigators. No 

 evidence of any burials was found beneath these stones. 



Mr. Clay Stiner, the owner of the property, informed the workers 

 that the mounds had aroused the curiosity of a group of local miners 



1 Webb, William S., 1928, p. 277. 



2 Webb and Funkhouser, 1928, p. 201. 



3 Smith, Harlan I., 1910, p. 221. 

 * Black, Glenn A., 1934, p. 233. 



