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trouble. It was found in making the plates that if a sheet of thin copper were placed on a slightly yielding surface like a sheet of "cellotex" the design of radiating rays could be copied by scribing with a sharpened birch dowel. The dowel was used to scribe every other line, then the plate was turned over and the alternate lines drawn. The result, shown in Plate 22 appears very similar to the originals. The arrangement of the plates and jaws into a headdress is purely fanciful, but it seems probable that they did, in truth, form a headdress of some sort. I suspect the basketry may have been a container for the ornaments rather than a base for the headdress. The shape of the copper plates suggests a pecten shell to some extent but closer scrutiny convinces me it is a conventional sunrise. Cut animal jaws are found in Hopewell sites but I know of no copper-covered jaws and the plates seem to be unique. They certainly bear no resemblance to the copper plates of the Southern Cult with their eagle figures, the plumes, batons, and forked eyes that are so striking in many later sites. Neither do they resemble any ornaments worn by the figures shown on the copper plates or on the shell gorgets. The second group of pits and burials are those which can be dated as being no later than the construction of the fifth mound stage. Some of them may be much earlier but lack of really good correlation between mound stages and the levels of mound wash on the south side of the mound make only the rougher dating possible. Pit 36 at the east end of the south face lay under water-deposited sand and was covered by the plate of Mound V. It must be dated as not later than the fifth mound stage, but cannot surely be said to have been dug during that period. It was 5.1 feet long and 2.7 feet deep. The notes for this pit say it contained Burial 38 which was extended and accompanied by a conch cup. However, Burial 38 was surely in Pit 69 of Mound IV. Evidently the burial in Pit 36 was extended 1 foot bene:nh a conch cup, but it was not Burial 38. Pit 39 at the east end of the south face was also under waterdeposited sandy wash and overlain by the plate of Mound V. It also must date not later than Mound V. The linear dimensions are not certain, but it was 2.1 feet deep. It contained only the enamel shells of teeth and a fragment of bone so nothing is really known about the arrangement of the body making up Burial 32. Pit 42, in the midsection of the south face, was placed similarly to the others, under sandy wash which was covered by the plate of Mound V. It was 5.5 feet east-west and 2.6 feet deep. The north-south dimension is not certain. Burial 42, which was contained in it, was very poorly preserved, but the arrangement of the scraps of bone indicated an extended burial with head toward the west. Pit 44 in the middle of the south face also lay under the sandy wash and was covered by the plate of Mound V. It seems to have been only 2.5 feet in diameter and 3.7 feet deep. As the pit does not appear on any profile it is hard to check the diameter which, however, seems to be rather small for the burial it contained . Burial 44 consisted of a bundle of two individuals. There were 2 skulls, 1 mandible, and various scraps of long bones. The skulls were on top of the pile of bones with 2 single pieces of long bones 1 foot to the east. The long bones were too poorly 32 preserved to give evidence whether 2 complete individuals are represented or simply 1 skeleton and an extra skull. Pit 46 at the east end of the south profile was again under water-deposited sand and the plate of Mound V. It was 3.1 feet east-west and 2.4 feet deep. It definitely contained a burial but the profile slumped after heavy rains and nothing is known now about its arrangement. Pit 48 in the middle section of the south profile again lay under the water-deposited sand capped by the plate of Mound V...

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