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Another group of urn, skull, and bundle burials occurred close by. 

 The rim of burial urn 4 was within 6 inches of the surface (fig. 5). 

 It was protected on three sides by vertically placed pieces of coral 

 rock, the ends of which projected slightly above the ground, and on 



BURIAL URNS 



Fig. 4. — Diagram of skull and urn burials 1-3, Black Rock Basin, site i. 



Sandy 

 Topsoi 



Black occupafional 

 slratum 



Fig. 5. — Cross-section diagram of burial urn 4, Black Rock Basin, site i. 



the fourth side by several large fragments of other pots nested 

 together. The bottom of urn 4 was 22 inches deep, in the black 

 occupational stratum. The rim, neck, and shoulders were broken 

 away, and a piece 6 inches in diameter was missing from the bottom 

 of the vessel. This urn, generally similar in type to the others, was 



