Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . he slope of the hills at the western side ofBuena Vista Lake, now dry. and the uncovering of two large burialplaces on the hilltops just back of the mounds. By combining the methods of trenching, screening, and clearinglarge areas horizontally, a good idea of the internal structure andcontents of the mounds was obtained. They had been used not onlyas places on which to build huts, but also as refuse middens and burialspots. These mounds, more than feet long. 150 feet wide, andabout 10 feet thick, were the result of accumu

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Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . he slope of the hills at the western side ofBuena Vista Lake, now dry. and the uncovering of two large burialplaces on the hilltops just back of the mounds. By combining the methods of trenching, screening, and clearinglarge areas horizontally, a good idea of the internal structure andcontents of the mounds was obtained. They had been used not onlyas places on which to build huts, but also as refuse middens and burialspots. These mounds, more than feet long. 150 feet wide, andabout 10 feet thick, were the result of accumulation of large amountsof shell, sand, loam, ash, and camp debris over long periods of occu-pation, perhaps conditioned by the rise and fall of the lake waters. The burial hilltops yielded a large number of mortuary objects,including finely chipped flint points, knives, bone awls, shell beads andpendants. The bodies in these cemeteries had been buried in the flexedposition, wrapped in soft woven fiber, in some instances also encased 72 74 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. l^iG. ()8.—(jciiLTal Alcw ol uperations on boiith ninund. », *;

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