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It would appear from this analysis that while Sites Nos. 3, 12, and 

 13 show definite relationship (34-60 percent), Site No. 3 is even 

 more closely related to the three Kentucky sites, as shown by per- 

 centage of traits in common : 64, 70, and 59 percent. 



The Stallings Island site has 23 of the 32 listed traits, or 72 per- 

 cent. Site No. 3 and Stallings Island have a total of 30 traits — 

 20 in common, or 67 percent. That is, Stallings Island seems as 

 closely related to Site No. 3 as the Kentucky Eock Shelters. 



Burial Mounds of Earth 



Under this head may be included Sites Nos. 16, 21, and 22. Site 

 No. 16 is characterized by fully flexed skeletons buried generally 

 without artifacts. Sites Nos. 21 and 22 are characterized by bundle 

 burial of bones. Deposited bones were not in anatomical order and 

 skeletons were usually incomplete. Burials were generally devoid of 

 artifacts. There was no evidence on these sites of any structures or 

 other indication of a village and generally very little evidence which 

 would give a clue to the identity of the builders of these burial 

 mounds. Permission could not be obtained for unlimited explora- 

 tion on these sites, so evidence was limited to the meagre finds in 

 the mounds. 



Earth Mounds and Village Sites 



Some 11 sites, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, and 19, may be 

 grouped and classed as earth mounds and village sites. All of these 

 except Site No. 7 are notable for showing rectangular post-mold 

 patterns of dwellings and town houses. While Site No. 7 does not 

 show any structure pattern, yet on other evidence it seems related 

 to this group. 



Under the designation "rectangular structure" many of the char- 

 acteristic features of these sites have been separately discussed. 

 There is presented in the following chart a tabulation and study of 

 the cultural traits found on 10 of these sites showing rectangular 

 post-mold patterns. In this table are shown 75 cultural traits which 

 appear for this group to be the most distinctive feature of these 

 sites. On the basis of this tabulation and study of traits it appears 

 that these sites fall definitely into two groups. Sites Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 

 8, 9, and 17 have been designated as showing "small-log" construction 

 in building and Sites Nos. 10, 11, and 19 have been designated as 

 showing "large-log" construction. Site No. 5 has both types of 

 structures but is predominantly a "small-log" type of site. The dis- 

 tinction between these two types of construction has been discussed 

 in the section of "rectangular structures." It definitely appears that 

 the separation of sites on this basis into two groups is not an idle 

 one. There is here apparent a definite line of cleavage in the cul- 



