Mound No. 18 



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The specimens in question have been in two cases cut across the alveoli 

 a little below the level of the incssior and bicuspids, and in another 

 instance, just above. The work of cutting across the bone and teeth 



Fig. io. 

 Cut Human Jaws and Perforated Cranial Bones from Mound 18. 



had evidently been done by some sharp instrument, probably of metal, 

 It has been suggested that the specimens had been sawed across and 

 then ground down, but the incisions are so sharp, and the marks of the 



