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Surface loam 20.38 



Fire bed . 18.78 



Mottled sand 17.98 



Red sandy clay 17.38 



Golden sand 16.68 



Red sandy clay 16.38 



Golden sand 16.08 



Red sandy clay 15.88 



Golden sand . . 15.78 



Red sandy clay 15.58 



Golden sand 14.98 



Red sandy clay 14.78 



Bottom of Mound : 



Mottled sandy clay 14.48 



Coarse white sand 13.48 



Mottled sandy clay 12.78 



Coarse white sand 12.28 



Gray clay 10.18 



There are present in this southern section of the mound two 

 additional strata, which, combined with the absence of fires here 

 and the replacement of the first stratum of white with the golden 

 sand, indicates that this mound may have been built in two sections, 

 as was evidently the case in adjacent effigies in this group. 



The difference in form and stratification between this mound 

 and the earlier bear forms is discussed in speaking of mound 34. 



MOUNDS Nos. 5 TO 7 



Mound No. 5 furnished the most striking evidence of a definite 

 chronology in this group, since it was composed of a late panther 

 form actually superimposed on one of the early bear group. This 

 is the only instance, to our knowledge, where such a case has been 

 recorded, but it is possible that more such cases may come to light 

 with a more careful study of the stratification of effigy mounds. 

 As already stated, the first line of mounds along the lake shore, 

 composed mostly of small, low bear effigies and conicals devoted 

 to cremation, appear to be older than the larger effigies of the 

 second line which are mainly of panther form and devoted to burial. 

 In short, there appears to be in these two lines of mounds a juxtapo- 



