The Lawhorn Site

by John Moselage

CONTENTS

Page [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