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PREFACE
By Carl H. Chapman
iv
THE LAWHORN SITE
By John Moselage
1
FOREWORD 2
LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 2
GEOLOGICAL SETTING 4
METHODOLOGY 9
Sunday, October 21, 1956 9
Saturday, October 27, 1956 9
November 25, 1956 10
38R5, Sunday, April 28, 1957 11
15R8, June 21, 1957 12
7R13, July 14, 1957 13
31R17, March 15, 1958 13
27R32, January 25, 1959 15
32R36, March 20, 1960 16
41R21, March 22, 1960 16
41R22, March 22, 1960 18
EXCAVATIONS 18
MATERIAL CULTURE 20
Pottery 20
Sand Tempered 20
Shell Tempered 25
Appendages 25
Effigies 30
Vessel Forms 34
Bowls 34
Jars 36
Water Bottles 36
DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON 38
SUMMARY OF THE POTTERY 42
Pottery Disks 44
Projectile Points 44
Other Chipped Stone Artifacts 51
Mortars and Pestles 51
Stone Abraders and Whetstones 54
Pottery and Clay Abraders 54
Anvilstones 57
Hammerstones 57
Groundstone Celts 57
Pipes 57
Bone and Antler Artifacts 58
Brickette and Daub 58
Shell Artifacts 63
Vegetal Remains 63
FEATURES 63
Refuse Pits 63
Ash Pits 65
Firebasins 65
HOUSES 69
House 1 69
House 2 69
House 3 73
BURIALS 80
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 87
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AREA CHRONOLOGY 93
APPENDIX A: IDENTIFICATION OF THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE LAWHORN SITE
By Paul W. Parmalee
95
APPENDIX B: ANALYSIS OF VEGETAL REMAINS FROM LAWHORN SITE
By Leonard W. Blake
97
APPENDIX C: BURIALS AT THE LAWHORN SITE
By Charles H. Nash
99
REFERENCES CITED 104
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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