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concerning the placement of these various types of sacrifices : 



(1) with the burial; (2) between strata; (3) on altars; (4) on 

 the surfaces of the mounds; and (5) in special sacrificial 

 mounds. 



7. The use of sacrificial fires: (1) under, around or over a 

 burial ; (2) as fire strata (usually four ceremonial fires being 

 built in the construction of a mound ; (3) as circles of small 

 fires; (4) as fire rings; and (5) finally as ceremonial fires 

 completely covering the tops of the mounds. 



8. The disposition of the dead : (1) by two types of cremation ; 



(2) by two types of flexed burial in the flesh; and (3) by 

 bundle re-burials similar to the ossuary of certain other 

 regions. In the burials in the flesh the body was usually 

 placed on its right side and facing south. One very peculiar 

 form of burial here designated as "intruded" was also found. 



CONCLUSION 



It will thus be seen that in this one group of mounds we have a 

 large series of important facts brought to light. These show 

 superposition as well as juxtaposition of cultural features. Here 

 are several methods of mound construction. The most striking 

 single features are the elaborate stratification and the use of the 

 intaglio foundation of the effigy which is apparently only an ampli- 

 fication of the custom of removing the top soil before beginning 

 the construction of a mound. While this detailed study covers 

 only this one group of mounds, it seems probable that various 

 of the conditions found here obtain in other groups of the state 

 or of this particular region at least. Similar detailed studies of other 

 groups are much needed and will form highly interesting com- 

 parisons. It is hoped that opportunities may present themselves 

 for these in the near future and that such comparisons may lead 

 to the solution of many long standing problems concerning Wis- 

 consin mounds in general. 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 September 4, 1918. 



