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Artefacts 



From the general excavation of the mound a number of stone and 

 pottery disks were obtained. Some also were obtained in association 

 with burials. Bone artifacts, consisting of awls, cut bone and antler, 

 bone hairpins, and a chisel from the ulna of a wolf are shown in plate 

 119, b. 



Stone mortuary offerings are shown in plate 120. The spatulate 

 perforated stone is made of limestone, having an extreme length of 

 5.5 inches. It probably at one time had a high polish ; its present con- 



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 Figure 70. — Drawing restoration of bowl. 



dition is due to action of acid in the soil. The perforated blue slate 

 found with Burial No. 44 is 6 inches by 3.3 inches. The quartz dis- 

 coidal is 2.2 inches in diameter. The large disk in upper left-hand 

 corner is a very perfectly worked hammerstone which may have been 

 intended later to be converted into a discoidal. The large spear was 

 under the head of Burial No. 42. Burial No. 48 yielded three mask 

 gorgets, as shown in plate 121, a ; also one badly damaged rattlesnake 

 gorget shown in plate 121, a. Burial No. 49 yielded the mask gorget 

 shown in plate 121, b. The small beads, together with some 8 or 10 

 pearl beads, were taken from Burial No. 44. 



Conclusions 



In the discussion of Site No. 10 the presence there of pit burials of 

 bodies in sitting posture has been discussed. It was pointed out that 

 this practice seems to very closely resemble the practice of some of 



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