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borders. Within this area was a mixture of broken and scattered hu- 

 man bones, broken pottery, artifacts, intrusive rocks of various sizes, 

 and a Httle charcoal and cultural debris. The original pit was about 

 3 feet 6 inches deep in the center, sloping gradually upward on all 

 sides so that around the edges the human deposit extended to a depth 

 of only 12 to 14 inches (fig. 10). Trenches run beyond the 24 by 23 











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-40 rr TO ROAD 







Fig. 9. — Ground plan of Graham site. Hachures, excavated area outside os- 

 suary pit; extent of ossuary and of former excavated area indicated by dotted 

 lines. A-B, cross-section shovi^n in figure 10. 



foot area were barren except for a few potsherds or flint fragments 

 in the upper 12 inches near the main pit itself. The earlier digging 

 had so disturbed the central part of the pit that it was impossible 

 to determine accurately the methods by which it had originally been 

 dug and then refilled. It appeared most probable, however, that 

 human remains and artifacts had been thrown in and covered up over 

 a considerable period. As the cultural remains indicate, the bulk of 

 the material here was homogeneous, although it is possible that some 



