This low, approximately circular mound was located on the floodplain of
Cypress Creek, about 125 feet south of the stream channel, at the south
end of the lake (Fig. 1). A shallow depression about eight feet across
lay just southwest of the mound, and a similar but smaller depression
was recorded at the northeast edge of the mound. These features probably
are borrow sources. An intrusive pothole, located near the center of the
mound, was three to four feet in diameter at the surface, but
fortunately it proved to be quite shallow and damage to the mound was
slight. The maximum diameter of Mound B, measured north-south, was 55
feet (Fig. 4), and the mound reached a maximum height of 2.8 feet above
the floodplain.
Mound B was staked for excavation with the usual grid of 5-foot squares
oriented on magnetic north. The base stake was 100 feet south and 100
feet east of the approximate center of the mound. Excavation was carried
out by the quadrant method as previously described, the southeast and
northwest quadrants being excavated first, the southwest and northeast
quadrants last. Each quadrant was taken down by ½-foot levels which were
keyed to the vertical reference datum. In addition to work in the mound
itself, the area immediately south of the mound was tested by means of
trenches (Fig. 4). The trenches were dug in ½-foot levels measured from
the surface of the floodplain at each square.
The excavating and recording methods used at Mound B were generally the
same as described for Mound A.