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The stratification of the fore leg as shown in fig. 10, consisted of c 



Surface loam 19.68 



Light yellow sand 19.08 



Red clay 17.08 



Golden sand 15.43 



Bottom of Mound : 

 Red sand 15.08 



The red clay stratum had a distinctly lens form. 



The stratification of the panther effigy had all the appearance of 

 a hasty and imperfect construction. The bear, on the other hand, 

 was carefully built up of unmixed sands in the perfect horizontal 

 strata shown in plate VIII, as follows: 



Surface loam 18.29 



Light grey mottled sand 18.04 



Red sand 17.24 



Golden sand 15.94 



Red sand 15.04 



Golden sand 14.34 



Bottom of Mound : 

 Red sand 13.74 



LI&HT YELLOW SAND 



FIG. 10— CROSS SECTION OF FORE LEG OF MOUND NO. 5 



The first stratum of red sand, which appeared to mark the bot- 

 tom of the original excavation of the bear intaglio, was 3.3 feet 

 beneath the top of the original bear mound or 6.9 feet beneath the 

 top of the panther. Since the entire mound is elevated only 3.48 

 feet above the surrounding ground level, it is clear that the bear 



