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was completed. In plate VIII is shown a cross section of the cen- 

 tral part of the body of this mound, with its excavation, stratifica- 

 tion, and the "intruded" burial. 



The term "intruded" is here adopted for a burial which shows a 

 deep vertical disturbance of the. original strata, indicating that it 

 was inserted after the completion of the mound in which it was 

 placed. This is shown by the difference in the stratification above 

 the burial from the general stratification of the mound itself. It 

 was probably made by a people contemporary with or relatively lit- 

 tle later than the builders of the mound thus utilized. 



The "intrusive" burial, on the other hand, is usually found near 

 the surface of a mound, shows relatively little disturbance of the 

 strata, and is doubtless the work of quite recent tribes, as is shown 

 by the better preservation of the bones and especially by the more 

 recent types of artifacts. Such a burial was found in the top of the 

 large conical mound No. 1. Plate XVI, figs. 2 and 3, show this in- 

 trusive burial with five quartzite arrowpoints placed about one knee. 

 In considering these several methods of disposing of the dead 

 one can not fail to be impressed with their diversity when it is re- 

 membered that they occur in a single group of mounds. They in- 

 clude total cremation, partial cremation, burial in the flesh, burial 

 of partly cremated remains, and bundle re-burials. This range 

 is as great as might be expected in absolutely unrelated cul- 

 tures from widely separated areas. From this fact alone, as well 

 as from numerous other considerations, it appears certain that this 

 spot was a ceremonial center which was occupied for a long period 

 of time. Perhaps it was frequented by people of different tribes 

 having diverse burial customs, or by a single composite tribe orig- 

 inating from the amalgamation of several strains each maintaining 

 some of its own burial customs. A third possibility is that, as 

 previously mentioned, certain of these customs may have been re- 

 served for special classes of individuals within the tribe. 



ARTIFACTS 



The few implements recovered from the lower levels in the 

 Kratz Creek group are of a much more archaic form than are those 

 found on the surrounding surface sites. 



The five quartzite arrow points found arranged around the knee 

 of the burial in the upper part of mound No. 1, and illustrated in 



