PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



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moved a skull, which was 5 feet from the toj) of the mound and 3 feet 

 below the rock covering.^ But, strange to say, no other part of the 

 skeleton could be found, or any marks of decayed bones. After the 

 center shaft was reached it was sunk 2 feet deeper, and trenched back 

 to the i^lace of beginning. In the process six: skeletons were removed 

 in a very good state of preservation, two with heads to the east; one to 

 the south; one to the north; one to the southeast; one to the northeast. 

 Over one skeleton, whose head pointed to the east, were laid two others 

 (see base section), the head of one to the south, of the other to the north. 

 With this group were found one bone bodkin or needle (Fig. 3) ; two 

 -<^-T-v.-~-_, ,<-«E5t'7---.:^---=rrr-;^^^^ ftrrow-poluts (Fig. 4); several 



4 if pieces of animal bones, with a 



^ ji? lew fragments of pottery (Fig. 5). 



In August, 1880, in company 

 with Mr. J. E. Snider, the writer 

 continued his investigation by 

 commencing a trench on the west 

 side about 4 feet from the base 

 (base section, dotted lines), and 

 trenched to the center shaft, re- 

 moving- four skeletons. Three of 

 these lay with their heads to the 

 east; one with the head to the 

 south, or rather a little to the 

 Fig. 5 -Pottery from Giidwei! Monud. southeast(see basc plau of sketch 



A). With the groui) of three were found several pieces of pottery, one 



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Fig. C— ■■ vmt disk from Glidwell Monnd. 



