220 FIELD CoLuMBIAN MusEUM—ANTHROPOLOGY, VoL. II. 
In the floor material, referred to above, at a depth of 2 feet, 
we found a grave and a curiously formed earthen jar. The grave 
was so placed that it rested upon the foundations of the eastern 
wall. It was 3 feet long by 1 foot wide, and 1% feet deep. It was 
well built of unhewn stone, and held, besides fragments of much 
decayed human bones and teeth, a shallow earthen vessel, several 
beads of green stone, a flint implement, and many potsherds. 
Investigations in the floor material of Chamber No. 5 brought to 
light a well-preserved burial place, at a depth of 2 feet 5 inches 
from the ancient floor surface. This grave was of unusual length, 
and shaped like a coffin, being 5 feet 3 inches long, 1 foot 6 inches 
wide at the head, and narrowing down to to inches at the foot. 
Mere traces of a skeleton were found, the bones being reduced to 
dust. Just above the place where the shoulder of the body would 
have been was a wide-mouthed earthen vessel, the mouth of which 
was covered by a circular shallow vessel of hard burned clay, placed 
over it in an inverted position. These vessels and their contents, 
apparently ashes, were preserved with special care. 
EDIFICE No. :4. 
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Edifice No. 4 is on the east side of the structure above de- 
scribed, and is separated from it by a narrow space only 5 feet 
wide. The chambers of this structure, nine in number, one being 
still intact, surround a solid, rectangular core of stone and rubble. 
This ruin, as it appeared when the forest trees and undergrowth 
were removed, is seen in Pl. XVII. 
ExcavaTions.—This edifice was thoroughly investigated down to 
the very bed-rock of the foundation. Many broken vessels and pot- 
sherds were found, some of very interesting character, but perhaps 
not worthy of special mention. 
Chambers Nos. 1 and 2 yielded no facts or specimens worthy of 
note. In Chamber No. 3, at a distance of 2 feet 11 inches beneath the 
floor surface, and 2 feet from the northern wall, a sealed jar was found 
imbedded in indurated red earth mortar. The jar was nearly filled 
with earthy matter, and was covered with a disk of hard, burned 
clay, once neatly cemented into place with clay, but wrenched away 
by myriads of rootlets. In the same room, and at'the same depth, 
5 feet from the doorway, near the base of the northern wall, was 
a curious circular opening, 2 feet in diameter and 3 feet in depth, 
filled with human bones in a fragmentary state. Among them were 
