14 AMERICAN ARCHiEOLOGY. 



The following symbols, most of wliicli are taken from the inter- 

 national code of Mm. Mortillet and Chantre, published in the 

 Smithsonian Report for 1875, are designed to secure uniformity of 

 illustration and facility of reference : 



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 o°o°o Stone heap, cairn, landmark. 



/"^g^ Shell heap, kjokkenmodding. 



^-^ Mound, or tumulus ; dotted, if a stone mound. 



^ — ^ Mardelle, pit, excavation, dug-hole. 



^^^ Mound enclosing a cist or chambei*. 

 I i Circumvallation, earthwork. 



P^ Earthwork enclosing tumuli. See symbols for number. 



I I Tumulus surmounting a work and ditch. 



I I Longitudinal earthwork, the line beneath indicates extension. 



II Cave dwelling or cliff structure. 

 yV Communal dwelling, pueblo. 



1' I ' I Masonry, wall of stone or adobe. 

 /\ Sculptured slabs or carved images. 



k Eock-paintings and inscriptions. 



A Hollowed stone, cup cuttings. 



A A row of standing stones, carved slabs, &c. 



k A circle or enclosure of the same, the dots may apply to other 

 ■ny symbols. 



\ / Burial place, method not known. 



\ — / Inhumation, at length. 



\ z: / Inhumation, in a doubled up position. 



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