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Both of these mounds had been dug into, and probably despoiled 

 of their contents. It is doubtful, however, if either contained a 

 human burial, because both appeared to be devoted to a small ani- 

 mal sacrifice, which was placed in a pocket of sacrificial earth. This 

 belief is strengthened by the fact that two other conicals of this 

 group, Nos. 7 and 31, which contained animal sacrifices, and had 

 not been disturbed, were found to contain no burials. It is evident, 

 then, that one of the main uses of the conicals of this group, was as 

 depositories for animal sacrifices. 



These sacrifices were usually placed at one side of the center of 

 the mound, in a pocket of the ceremonial light yellow or golden 

 sand, while in connection with all other sacrifices and with burials 

 the ceremonial sand was placed in layers. 



The stratification of both mounds included also prominent dark 

 brown earth streaks, indicating additional offerings of unburned 

 sacrifices. The general stratification of both mounds was very sim- 

 ilar. That of No. 13 was as follows : 



Surface loam 23.89 



Mottled sandy clay, packed 19.89 



Animal sacrifices in pocket of golden sand 19.69 



Fire bed (diameter 6 feet) 19.59 



Fire blackened sand 19.49 



Light yellow sand 18.59 



Red sandy clay 18.39 



Golden sand 17.89 



Red sandy clay 17.59 



Golden sand 17.39 



Bottom of Mound : 



Red sandy clay 17.09 



Golden streaked white sand 16.79 



Mottled sandy clay 14.99 



Mottled gray clay (subsoil) 14.65 



The strata composing mound No. 14 varied considerably in dif- 

 ferent parts of the mound. The following two tabulations of the 

 strata show these striking differences. The first is from a point at 

 the western edge of the excavation at the center of the mound while 

 the second is at a point near the southern edge. 



