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Figure 10.—^Burials, Doering site (42/66A6-2). A, Burial 1. 5, Burials 2 and 3. C, Burial4,

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BurialNo.2 (fig. 10,6)

:

Location: 15N/3E.

Depth: 32 cm. (1.04 feet) to skull.

Matrix:Midden earth.

Position: Tightly flexed on back; head oriented to west, facing south.

Arms: Right arm folded closely over the right leg; left arm loosely folded,probably overthe leftlegattimeofinterment; bothhands missing.

Leys: Right leg pulled tightly back against body; left leg and left in-

nominate bone removed at time of intrusion of Burial No. 3.

Age: Adult.

Bern:Female.

Associated Objects: None.

Remarks: The lower left part of the body of this burial had been removed bythe intrusionofthepitforBurialNo.3.

Burial No.3(fig. 10,6)

:

Location:ir)N/3E-ir)N/4E.

Depth:33cm. (1.08 feet) to skull.

Matrix: Midden earth.

Position: Flexed on left side; head orientedto east, facing south.

Arms: Right arm i>laeed across the legs; left arm incomplete, only a fragment of humerus represented; hands missing.

Legs: Right legon top ofleft leg, both pulled against body.

Age:Adult.

liex:Male.

Assooiatcd Objects:None.

Remarks:Thisburial wasinhumedin apit intrusivethrough the lower left side ofBurial No.2. Large roots penetrating theskull had forced ^it apart at the sutures and elsewherehad broken the long bones.

BurialNo.4 (fig. 10,c)

:

Location: 14N/0W.

Depth:^ii'-icm. (1.08 feet) to skull.

Matrix:Middenearth.

Position:Loosely flexed on back^; head oriented to southwest, facing north- west.

Arms:Right arm alongside thebody and partiallyunderneath the right leg; left arm folded across thelowerpart of the body under the

legs.

Legs:Bothlegs looselyflexed tothe right side of the body.

Age:Adult.

Sex: Male.

Associated Objects:

A

largedouble-pointeddrillwasfound beneath thebody, butwasnot certainly includedasgravegoods.

Remarks:Someoftheboneswerepenetrated byrootgrowth, but the preser- vation was generally better than that of any other burial from this site. Several of the long bones displayed pathological growths and

lesions.

SITE 42/66A6-5

Neither the precise location nor the nature of ^site

42/66AG-5

is

known,

since it

was

destroyed as a consequence of the construction

174

work

of the

Addicks Dam embankment

(fig. 5)^.

A number

of stone artifacts were collected

from

a scraped surface over a relatively re- stricted area

on

the west side of

South Mayde

Creek, immediately adjacenttothestream

and

between thepresent

dam embankment and

the

borrow

pit thatparallels it

on

the inside of the

dam.

Inclusions of

dark

earth

were

visible inthe

embankment

fill.

However, no

arti- facts were

found

inthem,

and

the question of whether theyrepresent

midden

debrisremains unanswered.

Projectile points, fragmentary blades, scrapers,

and worked

flakes I

comprisetheartifacts

found

at thissite.

No

potsherdswererecovered, although

unshaped lumps

of burnt clay werenoted.

During

the con- struction of the

dam,

earth-moving machines

had

cast

up and

de- molished

an unknown number

ofburials.

No

artifacts were noted at the time, however,

and

the area

was presumed

to

have

been an un- ^' recordedCaucasian cemetery.

From

the point

where

it is joined

by Horsepen

Creek,

Langham

Creek flows in a general southerly to southwesterly direction to its ^'

confluencewith

Bear Creek

(fig.5).

Below

this,itfollows ameander- ingcourse, itsgeneral trend slightly east ofsouth, until itdebauches into

South Mayde

Creek

which

flows in

from

the west.

Three

sites .

are locatedalong

Langham

Creek.

Two

ofthese,site42/66A6-4:

and

^' the

Kobs

site (42/66A6-3), are upstream in the order

named from

^f the

South Mayde Creek-Langham

Creekjunctionbutbelowthe

mouth

of

Bear

Creek.

The

Grisbee site (42/66

A3-1)

is

on Langham

Creek justbelowthe

mouth

of

Horsepen

Creek.

SITE 42/66A6-4

Site

42/66A6-4

is located

on

the south side of an east to west 3

meander

of

Langham

Creek, about 150 m. (492.12 feet) above its ^-

confluence with

South Madye

Creek (fig. 5).

A

troughlike depres-

^

sionlies between the

midden and

thestream

some

10 m. (32.80 feet) |l

tothenorth (fig. 11). Itisparallel bothtothe stream

and

the long axis of the

midden and

probably represents the stream channel at

|

thetimethesite

was

occupied.

About

20 m. (65.61 feet) east of theI

midden

atthepoint

where

thecreekturnswest

from

its

more normal

^';

southerly courseit is joined

by an

intermittent contributary

from

the 1

northeast.

Rather open woods

of

oak and

large pine lie to the east I

and

thestream courseislined

by

willow trees.

The midden

is27 m. t

(88.58 feet) along its east-west axis, 15 m. (49.21 feet) across the

;

north-southaxis,

and

rises approximately60cm. (1.96 feet) abovethe

'

flood plain. It is

somewhat

higher at the eastern end

and

slopes

\

gently off to the south

and

^west.

There

is

an

irregular, shallow .|

depression in the southwest quadrant of the site

where

the former ^<

owner,

Mr.

Kobs,

had

buriedahorse.

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Two

^testpitswere

dug

onthissite.

The

first

was

60cm. (1.96 feet) by 1

m.

(3.28 feet) in size

and was

excavated

by

30 cm. (0.98 foot) levelsto determine the nature

and

vertical extent of the deposit.

A

Figure 11.

—

^{Sketch map,site}42/66A6-4, showingtest pits.

secondpit, 1

m.

(3.28 feet) square,

was dug

to checkfurther the stra-

tigraphy of thesite. Arbitrarylevelsof 15 cm. (0.49 foot) thickness were taken out

and

the material segregatedby^level.

The

base of the

midden

deposit

was

reachedat a depth of 85cm. (2.78 feet) (fig. 12).

OtO

6 .15

I2t30

•45 24-J-60

30-75 36 90

o 3

Charcoal Lens

Midden Oeposif

Sterile

Sand Unexcovated

Figure 12.—Stratigraphic section, site42/66A6-4.

From

the grassroots to adepthofabout30cm. (0.98 foot) the

midden

soil

was

quitesandy

and

darkincolor.

A

^{charcoallens of}

^hardwood

burl 10 cm. (0.32 foot) thick

and

40 by 50 cm. (1.31

by

1.64 feet) in 953842—53

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176

area

was

encounteredatadepthof 15cm. (0.49 foot).

From

30to60 cm. (0.98 to 1.96 feet) the

midden

containedlesssand admixture and, although ^friable

when

dry,

was somewhat more

consolidated than the earth above it.

Below

60 cm. (1,96 feet) the sandiness of the

midden

increaseduntilastratumof

sandy

clay

was

encountered. This layer

was

probably, at least in part, water-laid. Clean yellowish- white sand, devoid of culturalmaterial but with pebblyinclusionsof rusty clay,

was

reached at a total depth of 85 cm. (2.78 feet).

The

site

was

comparatively poor in artifact yield.

In

the

upper

45 cm. (1.47 feet) small projectile points of the types termed Perdiz Pointed

Stem and Eddy

Stenuned were found,

and

inaddition, a

few

largerpieces.

Below

45 cm. (1.47) feet) only large projectilepoints were found. Potsherds occurred throughout the deposit.

One

sherd

from

a flat-bottomedjar

was found

inthissite.

10 30

Feet

Figure13.

—

^Sketch map,Kobssite (42/66A6-3). Hatchedareadenotes area excavated.

THE KOBS

SITE (42/66A6-3)

The Kobs

siteislocatedabout 100

m.

(328.08 feet) northeast ofsite

42/66

A6-4 and on

the opposite sideof

Langham Creek

(fig. 5).

In

thevicinity of thesitethecreek flows southeastuntil it isjoinedby a

southward

flowing slough.

Here

it turns south past the eastern perimeter of the

Kobs

site

and

continues for

some

90m. (295.27 feet) to

where

it is joined

by

another slough

and

veers west past site

42/66A6-4

(fig. 13).

The

site is a low, broad

midden

deposit rising 37 cm. (1.21 feet) above the flood plain (fig. 14). It is 18 m. (59.05 feet) across the shorter northeast-southwest axis

and

24 m. (78.74 feet) across the

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