Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial B
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:120
Feature Description:
- 14 feet from southern edge and four feet west of the midline
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- skull was present but showed evidence of burning
- head was oriented to southeast [per map]
2. Ocean shell container (1)
- seven inches by 12 ½ inches
- filled with clean sand
- alongside cremated skeleton
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Other Relevant Sources:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Deposit D
Ceremonial Deposit
Not Applicable
Moorehead 1892:121-122
Moorehead 1889:28
Feature Description:
- 32 feet from southern edge and two feet east of the midline
- In a mass of fine, soft, black earth
Contents:
1. Thin copper breastplates (2)
- one placed above the other, about one inch apart
- lower plate measured seven inches by 9 ½ inches
- upper plate measured six inches by eight inches
- apparently wrapped in bark prior to deposition
- the soft, dark earth may have come from skins or cloth surrounding deposit
2. Large shell beads (197)
- drilled, polished, and perfect in every respect
- spread out evenly on the lower plate
3. Copper earspools (21)
- resting on shell beads and in contact with upper plates
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial F1
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:122
Feature Description:
- About 35 feet from southern edge and ten feet west of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the southwest
- badly decayed
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial F2
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:122
Feature Description:
- About 35 feet from southern edge and ten feet east of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the southwest
- badly decayed
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial G1
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:122
Feature Description:
- About 40 feet from southern edge and 7 feet west of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the southwest
- badly decayed
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial G2
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:122
Feature Description:
- About 40 feet from southern edge and seven feet east of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the southwest
- badly decayed
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial I
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:124
Feature Description:
- About 45 feet from southern edge and five feet east of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head nearly to east
2. Copper breastplate (1)
- very thin
- on the skeleton’s skull
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Moorehead 1889:29
Burial
None
Moorehead 1889:29
Feature Description:
- Described as “…at the exact center of the mound”, suggesting a location 55 feet
from southern edge and on the midline
- Not indicated on map or mentioned in Moorehead (1892)
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
2. Bone ornament (1)
- two drilled holes
- on arm
Note: This skeleton may have also been associated with 20 disks of mica, but the
association is not clear.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial N
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:124
Feature Description:
- About 50 feet from southern edge and seven feet west of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the north
- badly decayed
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial O
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:124
Feature Description:
- About 58 feet from southern edge and five feet east of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the northeast [per map]
2. Bone gorget (1)
- same form as the fairly common slate gorgets
- two perforations
- approximately 6 inches long
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Other Relevant Sources:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Deposit P
Ceremonial Deposit
None
Moorehead 1892:126
Moorehead 1889:29
Feature Description:
- 62 feet from southern edge and 10 feet east of the midline
- Pit covered with a sheet of mica
Contents:
1. Mica sheet (1)
- large
- covering pit containing pearl beads
2. Pearl beads (993)
- from common unio
- most were very small, but some as large as “buckshot”
- each was neatly drilled
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial Q
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:126
Feature Description:
- About 70 feet from southern edge and 15 feet east of the midline
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- small cranial fragments and other portions of a skeleton
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Relevant Figures & Plates:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial R
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:126-128
Figure XVII
Feature Description:
- About 70 feet from southern edge and seven feet east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- over six feet tall
- extended, head to the south
2. Bear canines (5)
- on forehead
- each drilled with several holes partially through the tooth
- probably held pearls
- one perforation contains tooth of a groundhog
3. Copper earspools (4)
- by left side of head
4. Shell beads (2)
- flat, made of mussel shell
- ¾ inch in diameter
- each has two holes drilled in it
- at top of head
5. Copper plate (1)
- six inches by seven inches
- near the right elbow
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial U
Burial
Burials U & V
Moorehead 1892:129
Feature Description:
- About 78 feet from southern edge and on the midline
- Skeletons lay side-by-side with heads in the same direction
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- extended, head to the south
2. Copper plate (1)
- six inches by seven inches
- near head
- fragments of thread adhered to both sides as though wrapped in cloth
3. Earspools (4)
- near head
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Burial V
Burial
Burials U & V
Moorehead 1892:129-130
Feature Description:
- About 78 feet from southern edge and on the midline
- Skeletons lay side-by-side with heads in the same direction
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- extended, head to the south
2. Earspools (4)
- under head
3. Wolf teeth (11)
- neatly drilled for suspension
- found among cervical vertebrae [therefore at neck]
4. Shell ornaments (2)
- from mussel shell
- perforated
- probably part of a necklace with wolf teeth
5. Pearl beads (50)
- found in the mouth of skeleton
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 15, Deposit W
Ceremonial Deposit
Not Applicable
Moorehead 1892:130-131
Feature Description:
- About 82 feet from southern edge and crossing the midline
- Ash bed, seven feet by ten feet, two feet thick
- Artifacts were scattered through the ashes with no regularity
Contents:
1. Leaf-shaped flint implements (26)
2. Mica ornaments (5)
- cut into perfect circles somewhat larger than a silver dollar
3. Celt (1)
- symmetrical form, highly polished
4. Animal and bird bones (great quantities)
- calcined
5. Hickory nuts (nearly a half bushel)
- charred
6. Pottery fragments (hundreds)
- 14 earthenware pots
- deposited upside down
- about two quarts capacity
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 17, Burial 1
Burial
Burials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Moorehead 1892:131
Feature Description:
- About 10 feet west of center
- Five skeletons lying close together
- Two feet above the original surface
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the east
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 17, Burial 2
Burial
Burials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Moorehead 1892:131
Feature Description:
- About 10 feet west of center
- Five skeletons lying close together
- Two feet above the original surface
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the east
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 17, Burial 3
Burial
Burials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Moorehead 1892:131
Feature Description:
- About 10 feet west of center
- Five skeletons lying close together
- Two feet above the original surface
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the east
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 17, Burial 4
Burial
Burials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Moorehead 1892:131
Feature Description:
- About 10 feet west of center
- Five skeletons lying close together
- Two feet above the original surface
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the east
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 17, Burial 5
Burial
Burials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Moorehead 1892:131-132
Feature Description:
- About 10 feet west of center
- Five skeletons lying close together
- Two feet above the original surface
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the east
2. Arrowhead (1)
- broken
- under head
3. Stone ornament (1)
- diamond-shaped
- under head
4. Shell beads (32)
- disk-shaped
- at side of head
5. Piece of slate (1)
- size of a dollar
- peculiar markings on it
- at side of head
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 17, Burial 6
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:132
Feature Description:
- At center of mound
- On baseline
- Only briefly observed because of a cave-in
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
Note: unclear whether artifacts were present or not, because a cave-in halted work.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Moorehead 1892:134
Ceremonial Deposit
Not Applicable
Moorehead 1892:134
Feature Description:
- About 20 feet from southern margin, three feet above baseline
- Five feet below mound surface
Contents:
1. Copper celts (3)
2. Copper earspools (8)
- rested on copper celts
3. Human ribs (3)
- portions of
- preserved by copper
- [no other evidence of burial mentioned. Perhaps one of the celts was removed from
a decayed burial and placed here?]
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Deposit B
Ceremonial Deposit
Not Applicable
Moorehead 1892:137
Feature Description:
- Near southern end of mound, east of the midline [per map]
- Surrounded by decayed matter that may have wrapped the deposit
Contents:
1. Ocean shell container (1)
- pyrula
2. Groundhog upper jaw (1)
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial C
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:137
Feature Description:
- Near southern end of mound, just east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- extended with head to the south [per map]
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial D
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:137
Feature Description:
- East of midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to northwest
2. Copper plate (1)
- five inches by 8 ¼ inches
- preserved fiber suggesting cloth cover
- on the head of the skeleton
3. Copper earspools (3)
- near right hand
4. Copper celt (1)
- near right hand
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial E
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:137
Feature Description:
- Near southern end of mound, west of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- extended with head to the north
- bones badly decayed
2. Bear teeth (2)
- close to the cranium
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial F
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:137
Feature Description:
- East of Burial D
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the west
- bones badly decayed
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial G
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:137-138
Feature Description:
- Between Burials C and D
- Six inches above the baseline
- In a mass of soft, black earth
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the south
- well preserved except the feet and skull were badly crushed
2. Copper plate (1)
- seven inches by 12 inches
- at skeleton’s feet
- covered on both sides by fragments of cloth and wood
3. Pearl beads (606)
- very large, many were half an inch, and some ¾ inch in diameter
- all were drilled
- about the head and neck
4. Bear canines (8)
- perforated
- among the vertebrae, as though laid on the chest
5. Copper earspools (3)
- near one of the bear canines [also perhaps deposited on chest?]
6. Disk-shaped shell beads (20)
- mussel shell
- double perforated
- between the femurs
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial H
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:138
Feature Description:
- Near and parallel to Burial G
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the northwest [per map]
2. Copper earspools (4)
- near the head
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial K
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:137
Feature Description:
- East of Burial F
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- head to the north
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial M
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:139
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial N
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:139
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial O
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:139
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
2. Copper plate (1)
- on top of cremation pile
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial P
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:139
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
2. Copper earspools (3)
- on top of cremation pile
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial Q
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:139
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Relevant Figures & Plates:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial R
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:139
Figure XXII
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
2. Copper [head]plate (1)
- five inches by six inches
- [probable headplate] – (figure XXII)
- on top of cremation pile
3. Platform pipe (1)
- fragmentary
- on top of cremation pile
Note: Moorehead (1892:39) reports the size of this copper plate to be 5" x 6", but
depicts it (1892:140, figure XXII, left) as about 3 times as long as it is wide. We interpret
this artifact as a headplate rather than a broken piece of a breastplate.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial S
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:140
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
2. Copper celt (1)
- small
- on top of cremation pile
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial T
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:140
Feature Description:
- Under a mass of loose black earth measuring 9 ½ by 14 feet, and 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet
thick
- Each burial under the mass occupied a space ranging from 20 x 24 inches to 24 x 30
inches
- On original surface [apparently no floor preparation]
- Around the middle of the mound (north-south) and east of the midline [per map]
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
2. Copper earspools (4)
- on top of cremation pile
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial V
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:141
Feature Description:
- Approximately 12 feet northwest of center
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
2. Flint fragments (a few)
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial W
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:141
Feature Description:
- Approximately 12 feet northwest of center
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial X
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:141
Feature Description:
- Approximately eight feet northeast of Burials V and W
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- badly decayed
- head north [per map]
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial Z
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:141
Feature Description:
- In northwest section of mound [per map]
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- large skeleton
- best preserved skeleton in mound
- head northeast [per map]
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial AA
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:142
Feature Description:
- Rectangular pit with rounded corners, 10 inches by 12 inches at bottom, eight inches
deep
- East of Burial Z
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- young child
- laid on its side
- head northeast [per map]
2. Panther teeth (2)
- perforated
3. Snail shells (some)
- small
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial BB
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:142
Feature Description:
- West of Burial AA
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- head to the northeast
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Porter Mound 38, Burial CC
Burial
None
Moorehead 1892:142
Feature Description:
- Near northern end of mound [per map]
- Shallow pit, with sides slightly burned
- About four feet in length
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- large
- badly decayed
- head toward the northeast
- body had been folded
No Artifacts
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Deposit
Ceremonial Deposit
Not Applicable
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- Located 20 feet from southern margin of mound and three feet above floor
Contents:
1. Copper celts (3)
2. Earspools (8)
- resting on celts
Note: Fowke (1902) mentions that three human rib fragments were also found in this
provenience, but the description does not sound like an intended burial unless the entire
skeleton had decayed except for a few rib fragments that were preserved by copper.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 1
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 2
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 3
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 4
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 5
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 6
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Cremation 7
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- On burnt floor of mound
- Under mass of black earth covering a space of 14 feet by 9.5 feet
- 1.5 – 2.5 feet thick
Contents:
1. Cremated human remains (1)
- in distinct pile
Note: May have had one or more artifacts cremated with the body.
Site:
Provenience:
Provenience Type:
Burials in Same Grave:
Primary Source:
Old Town (Frankfort) Earthwork
Unnamed Mound, Skeleton 1
Burial
None
Fowke 1902:342
Feature Description:
- In a rectangular basin with rounded corners, similar to the shape of a crematory
basin
- 10 inches by 12 inches and eight inches deep
Contents:
1. Human skeletal remains (1)
- young child
- laid on its side [flexed?]