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Fragments of human bone and large numbers of shell beads were 

 here concentrated in three areas or pits (figs. 11, 12, pits 2, 3, 4). 

 These pits were round or oval in outline and in each case were sunk 

 at least I foot into the hard undisturbed soil at the bottom of the 

 deposit. Pit 2 was oval in outline with a slightly concave bottom 

 (pi. 10, fig. 5) measuring 3 feet 8 inches long by 3 feet wide. The 



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depth of the bottom from the original surface was 6 feet. The walls 

 of the pit were straight and beyond the pit wall to the east there were 

 no traces of bones or artifacts. The area to the west of this pit had 

 been dug up by previous excavators. Pit 3 was on the western border 

 of this previoiisly disturbed area and only a small portion of it re- 

 mained intact. To judge from the curve of this remnant, the original 

 pit had a diameter of about 3 feet. The slightly concave bottom was 



