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Over this some i8 inches of wind-blown sand had been deposited, 

 in the main by natural agencies. The burials here are intrusive into 

 these deposits (see fig. 5). 



The burials at site i were located by test pitting in the vicinity 

 of trench i. The rims of burial urns i and 2 were struck 18 inches 

 below the surface. They were in the black mixed layer, but were 

 surrounded by white beach sand (pi. 2, fig. i). Burial urn i (pi. 3, 

 fig. i) is of monochrome red ware without any slip. It is 45 cm 

 high, 26 cm outside diameter at mouth, and .5 cm thick in the middle 

 portion. The vessel is not highly polished and is sand-tempered. It 

 contained two skulls. The only attempt at decoration is a narrow line 

 of punctate marks around the neck. Burial urn 2 (pi. 2, fig. i) was 

 similar to the last in both size and type. It contained one small 

 stone mortar and a number of human bones, including three slightly 

 worn molars, one scapula, one clavicle, three skull fragments, and a 

 few ribs and leg bones, some of the last being charred. The rim of 

 burial urn 3 was within 5 inches of the surface. Both rim and 

 neck were broken off, and the remainder of the pot was cracked 

 (pi. 2, fig. i). The vessel was not preserved but in general type 

 seems to have been very similar to urns i and 2. The earth over this 

 urn was loose, and it appeared to have been disturbed within recent 

 times, as all the human bones were freshly broken and very much 

 mussed up. It contained fragments of skull and other human bones 

 and the broken leg from another pottery vessel. 



The arrangement of these urns (1-3) and the adjacent skull and 

 bundle burials is shown in the photographs (pi. 2) and Bird's diagram 

 (fig. 4). Just south of urns i and 2, about 18 inches below the 

 surface, was a group of seven skulls closely packed together, all 

 facing south. The mandible accompanied each crania in its normal 

 position, and these were the only skulls found in that condition at 

 the site. Skull i, broken while in the earth, was that of a child with 

 primary teeth still in position but secondary teeth formed in bone ; 

 skull 2 had peculiar pockets in the bone ; skull 3 had the third upper 

 molar just formed in bone (discarded) ; skull 4 had no teeth in the 

 upper jaw and the secondary first molar, left side, lower jaw, just 

 emerging; skull 5 was that of an adult male with worn molars; 

 skull 6, no data ; skull 7, a child, same state of development as skull i. 

 A short distance east of this group, and at the same depth, were 

 five other skulls, all facing south. These were 2 feet west of burial 

 urn 3 (see pi. 2, fig. i ; fig. 4). The three skulls to the north had 

 two femora in front of their facial portions. Behind the two skulls 

 to the south were six or seven femora laid roughly north and south 



(fig- 4). 



