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request of many citizens of Tennessee Mr. Myer named this site the 

 Fewkes Group, in honor of Dr. J. \\'aher Fewkes. who had visited it 

 and recognized its possibihties a few months before. 





l-"i(j. i^ij. — Cliild's grave after removal ui liudy. Xoir 

 Hour composed of broken pottery. 



At least two (htfcrcnt licoplcs have- hved un this site. I he earlier 

 people built the mounds and most of the other remains. At a later 

 date a small band of some (tthcr tribe located here. '\'hv earlier people 

 buried their dead either in hexa^'onal or aluKtst circular stone slab 

 graves, the bodies closely flexed. The later band unc<1 rectangular 

 stone slab graves with the body extendcrl full Icn^tli on its back. 



