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ARCtl^EOLOGICAL 

 EXPLORATIONS NEAR MADISONVILLE, OHIO.'^ 



By Charles F. Low. 



PART III. 



JANUARY TO JUNE 30, 1880. 



On Friday, January 2c], skeleton No. 362, an adult, in horizontal 

 position, head south, length 5 feet 3 inches, was found at a depth of 22 

 inches. An imperfect vessel was taken from the left side of the head. 

 About three feet southwest of the above, the- remains of a child (No. 

 363), probabl}^ three 3'ears of age, were uncovered; position horizontal, 

 head south, depth about one foot. 



Skeletons Nos. 364-5, two children about four 3^ears of age, were 

 next exhumed; the first la}^ horizontallj^ head south, face down; the 

 other was immediatelj^ under the preceding skeleton, head south, but 

 with the face upward; depth 15 inches. A perfect vessel was found 

 at the right of the cranium of this skeletou. 



Januarj^ 3d, skeleton No. 366, an adult male in horizontal position, 

 head southwest, face upward, length 5 feet 9 inches, depth 14 inches. 

 These remains were west of No. 362, and six feet distant; No. 363 was 

 situated between these two about an equal distance from both. 



An ash pit was also opened to-day, six feet in depth; leaf mold and 

 sand 24 inches, ashes 48 inches ; it contained the usual animal re- 

 mains and relics. 



January 7th, skeleton No. 367, an adult male in horizontal position, 

 head south, length 5 feet 6 inches; the lower extremities were flexed 

 to the northwest, and the hands were folded over the pelvis; depth 22 

 inches. 



Skeleton No. 368 was immature, length 4 feet 3 inches, in horizontal 

 position, head south ; depth two feet. 



On Januarj' 9th the skeletons of two children were discovered imme- 

 diately east of No. 367, and possiblv the lower extremities of that 

 skeleton had been flexed to avoid contact with these remains; No. 369 

 was a child about four years of age, position horizontal, head south: 



'■■'• The present paper, like the two preceding ones on the same subject, has been prepared 

 by Mr- Charles F. Low, at the request of the Committee on Publication, of the Literary and 

 Scientific Society of Madisonville, 0. 



