NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY
Excavations at the Pharr Mounds and the Bear Creek Site
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Pharr Mounds
FIGURES
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FIGURE 8.—Mound D (top). Mound B, the largest of
the group (bottom).
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FIGURE 9.—Mound A, excavation of the initial trial
trench (top). Large grave beneath Mound A. Cremations near
tip of arrow (omitted from the online edition).
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FIGURE 10.—Mound E, after the bulldozer had stripped
all but 2 feet of fill from the mound base (top). Feature
19, the possible log tomb beneath Mound E (omitted from the online edition).
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(omitted from the online edition)
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FIGURE 11.—Two features revealed in the test trench
at Mound E. Feature 11, the possible crematory pit and
Feature 12, with the Baldwin Plain jar. The faint line
about half way up the left bank marks the surface of the
primary mound covering the burial platform (top). Mound
E. The corner of Feature 13, a grave intrusive from the
stage 1 surface. This surface is marked by line of gravel
approximately 1 foot below rim of excavation. The surface
of the burial platform is marked by the dark line just
above the clip board.
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FIGURE 12.—a, Marksville Incised, var. Marksville;
Mound E, surface of burial platform (top). b, Flint
River Cordmarked; Mound E, Feature 12 (bottom left).
c, Flint River Brushed; Mound E, Feature 10 (found with
zone-stamped vessel, fig. 13d) (bottom right).
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FIGURE 13.—a, Baldwin Plain; Mound E, surface of
burial platform (top). b, Furrs Cordmarked; Mound E,
fill of burial platform (2nd from top). c, Unnamed zone-stamped;
Mound E, surface of burial platform (2nd from bottom). d,
Unnamed zone-stamped; Mound E, Feature 10 (bottom).
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FIGURE 14.—Projectile Points and Blades. a-c,
Type "A"; d-f, Type "C"; g, h, Type "B"; i, j,
recurved edged blades; k,k triangular blade; l, n,
lanceolate blades; o, p, Type "J".
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FIGURE 15.—Projectile Points. a, b, Type "H";
c-e, Type "D"; f, g, Type "F"; h-j, Type "E"; k, Type
"L"; l, m, Type "I"; n, Type "G".
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pharr_mounds-bear_creek/figures-1.htm
Last Updated: 15-May-2008
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