dLJLLEflN Of the GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



Vol. 19, pp. 243-254, PLS. 14-17 OCTOBER 3, 1908 



NEBRASKA "LOESS MAN''^ 



BY B. SHIMEK 



{Read by title hefoi-e the Society December 31, 1907) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 243 



Previous work 244 



Field worli 245 



Location of the mound 245 



Previously reported position of human remains 247 



Section of the mound 248 



The excavation 248 



1. Darli surface soil 249 



2. Lighter loess-like subsoil 249 



3. Buried soil 250 



4. Typical loess 250 



Possible mode of intrusion of bone fragments into true loess 251 



Burial habits of mound builders , 251 



The Lake Okoboji mound 251 



Other mounds 252 



Other geological considerations 252 



Summary 253 



Bibliography 2.54 



Introduction 



The antiquity of man is a subject of such intense interest that any evi- 

 dence which seems to suggest or offer proof of it receives widespread 

 attention, especially if the evidence is of the Ivind which is termed scien- 

 tific. Scientific evidence in cases of this kind is eitlier somatological or 

 geological. 



Unfortunately in the limited number of examples of more or less an- 

 cient man which have been reported the somatological evidence appears 

 not very satisfactory to the layman, because it is of necessity concerned 

 with mere fragments or with such a limited number of individuals that 

 general conclusions appear to be unsafe. 



^ Manuscript received by the Secretary of the Society July 24, 1908. 



XXIV— Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 19, 1907 (243) 



