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Title: Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Identifier: annualreportofbu1218901891smit (find matches)
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology
Subjects: Ethnology; Indians
Publisher: Washington : G. P. O.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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242 MOUND EXPLORATIONS. inches nuder the noil. Broken pottery and some rude stone implements were also found; but a thorough examination was not allowed, as the field was covered with cotton. .TEFFEKSON COUNTY. A mound on land belonging to the estate of Mr. Snuggs, 1 mile south of riarrettsou's laiuling, was explored. This was (•omi)osed wholly of sand except the thin layer of surface soil. Xo speci- men of any kind nor any indications of life or use were discovered in it, yet its form and appearance were such as to show clearly that it was artifi- cial. Height, 10 feet; diameter, 40 feet. A grouj) of three line (ionical mounds, some- thing over a mile north of Linwood station, was visited, but as they were covered with graves per- mission to excavate them could not be obtained. The average height is about 15 feet, the three being very nearly of the same size and form. A short distance from these, on the Houson farm, are two other tu- muli of similar form, one L'5 and the other 30 feet high, but being also cov- ered with graves, dig- ging was i)rohibited. Excavations for the graves do not appear to have brought to light any pottery, bones, or burnt clay. IHK (U.AYTOX MOUNDS. This group, situated on the lands of Hon. Powell Clayton, in Sec. 30 T. G S., E. 7 W., and 10 miles southeast of Tine lilutt', consists of four
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  • bookyear:1880
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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Smithsonian_Institution_Bureau_of_Ethnology
  • booksubject:Ethnology
  • booksubject:Indians
  • bookpublisher:Washington_G_P_O_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:316
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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