1919] BARRETT AND HAWKES, KRATZ CREEK MOUNDS. 



THE KRATZ CREEK MOUND GROUP 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface 8 



Introduction 10 



The Buffalo Lake Region 12 



The Kratz Creek Mound Group 13 



Arrangement of Mounds 13 



Forms of Mounds 14 



Materials of Mounds 15 



Construction of Mounds 16 



Uses of Mounds 21 



Sacrifices 21 



Deposition of the Dead 23 



Cremation 24 



Burial 25 



Flexure 26 



Burials of Partly Cremated Remains 27 



Bundle Re-Burials 27 



Intruded and Intrusive Burials 28 



Artifacts ■. 29 



Probable Age and Affiliation 31 



Detailed description of the Mounds 35 



A Conception of the History of the Kratz Creek Mounds 92 



Summary 99 



Conclusion 100 



