. Bulletin. Ethnology. RlT. Bas. Sur. Pap. No. 6] REMBERT MOUNDS CALDWELL 313 have been the point toward which the deposits in pits 2 and 6 sloped downward, then the position of pits 3 and 5, respectively 60 and 80 feet from the supposed center, is approximately the radius of the mound, the diameter of which, according to Thomas, was 151 feet. The three upper layers in pit 3 (fig. 40) were water deposited and may have developed since the abandonment of the site by the Indians. Layer 4 was composed of dark organically stained sand containing a considerable amount of clay in massive deposits. Al
. Bulletin. Ethnology. RlT. Bas. Sur. Pap. No. 6] REMBERT MOUNDS CALDWELL 313 have been the point toward which the deposits in pits 2 and 6 sloped downward, then the position of pits 3 and 5, respectively 60 and 80 feet from the supposed center, is approximately the radius of the mound, the diameter of which, according to Thomas, was 151 feet. The three upper layers in pit 3 (fig. 40) were water deposited and may have developed since the abandonment of the site by the Indians. Layer 4 was composed of dark organically stained sand containing a considerable amount of clay in massive deposits. All the cultural material found in the pit came from this layer, which was ^*MO aecoMiM: wnjsco w/th sil t. fi/TJ SOUrH liVAti. Figure 40.—Profiles of test pits in the large mound and vicinity. full of potsherds, animal bones, and irregular rocks and pebbles. The bones looked extremely fresh when first brought to light and not at all decomposed. The bulk of the deposit sloped downward toward the west. Unfortunately, we did not have time to enlarge this excavation. Pits 4 and 5 were dug 23 feet to the south and 24 feet to the west of pit 3 respectively. Pit 5 also showed the outward slope noticed in pit 3, probably the feather edge of the mound. Pit 4 contained the same strata as pits 3 and 5, but did not show any Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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