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end 0*43 M., at the south end 0-54 M. ; the height at the north end 

 040 M., at the south end 060 M.; here a large, flat stone was in- 

 clined in over the grave. The heavy stones, which have heen laid 

 over the grave in two layers, were 015— 020 M. thick. The grave 

 was quite half-filled with a mixture of earth, sand and gravel. The 

 body seems to have been buried in a sitting position with the face 

 towards the south. The skull had rolled down to the south end 

 of the grave, where the pelvis also lay. The femora lay on the 

 south of the middle of the grave, the ribs on the north, and the 

 vertebral column between the middle and the north end. In the 



Fig. 39. Grave 423. Snenæs. 

 Seen Ironi the west; Ix'lore opening. (Photo, by the author). 



north end of the grave, cast of the vertebral column lay some 

 teeth from the skull and two pieces of weapons. 



The grave articles had not been placed in a receptacle, but 

 .were found outside the grave, close along its east side just under 

 the surface. They consisted of a slate knife, 3 slender weapon 

 points of bone, 1 harpoon point and a harpoon point in miniature. 



Grave 423 (fig. 39) was found ca. 20 meters S. S. E. of the above 

 and 25 meters above the sea. Its long axis lay north-south and 

 several large stones, though not so large as in grave 422, had been 

 used in its construction. The grave was also solidly built on rocky 

 ground, but yet could not be compared with the other. Externally 



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