Archfi'ological Explordtions near MachsonviUe., Ohio. 



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sequent interments, in both sitting and horizontnl positions, have been 

 made directly o\'er these excavations since the removal of tiie luiman 

 remains, and forest trees of several hundred years' growth are now 

 growing over these comparatively later interments. 



LEAF MOLD Zl IN 



ASHES & SAND 36IN. 

 CONTAINING ANIMAL REMAINS^, 



SHELLS^ SHERDS^ BURNT 

 LIMEST0NE,8cc. 



CHARCOAL 31 N^_^^ 



32. Ash Pit with Human Remains. 



What became of the Mound Builder, i. e., those who raised the 

 mounds of earth over their d^ad, is* a question which hns puzzled the 

 archaeologist. With the numerous evidences of long occupancy of this 

 part of the country by these people, the theories of extermination or 

 migration are not satisfactory solutions of the question. 



The late Prof. E. B. Andrews, who took great interest in our explora- 

 tions, expressed his opinion that our discoveries in this cemetery would 

 direct attention to a new line of investigation, and that explorations 

 for the remains of these prehistoric people would not in the future be 

 confined to opening mounds. 



