1919] BARRETT AND HAWKES, KRATZ CREEK MOUNDS. 73 



MOUND No. 19 



Mound No. 19 is a small linear directly south of the long tail of 

 the panther effigy, No. 18. It bears E 28° N, and was probably 

 originally rectangular in outline, but has been considerably worn 

 down and rounded at the corners. It tapers slightly towards the 

 west, so that in its present state it resembles in form a stone celt. 



It is a low mound, rising only 1.8 feet above the surface level, 

 or 20.54 feet above mean lake level. It is 60 feet long, and averages 

 20 feet in width. 



A cross-section, made at the central stake in the mound, gave 

 the following stratification : 



Surface loam 20.54 



Brown sand 20.04 



Yellowish brown sand 18.79 



Bottom of Mound : 



Red clay hardpan 17.49 



Medium yellow sand 16.89 



Red clay hardpan 16.19 



Light yellow sand 15.89 



Red clay hardpan 15.19 



Apparently the mound rested on the top stratum of red clay 

 hardpan since it was continuous beneath the mound, giving the 

 bottom of the mound as 17.49 feet above mean lake level, or 2.95 

 feet below the top of the mound and 1.15 feet below the surface 

 level. 



The stratum of yellowish brown sand thinned out at the edges 

 of the mound. The strata below this are probably natural. All 

 the linears found in this group, with the exception of the conical- 

 ended linear, were very simple in stratification, consisting, like this 

 mound, of only two or three simple strata. 



No intaglio form appears to have been made for the simple 

 linears, only the black surface soil being removed when they were 

 built. The foundation stratum, in this mound, is only 1.15 feet 

 below the surface level. 



MOUND No. 20 



This mound was a detached conical, situated in the dense woods 

 along the Montello-Packwaukee road. It did not appear to have 



