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YOltKSHIRE. EAST BIDING. 



in the grave at the burial. In the account of the last-described 

 barrow a similar occurrence will be found noted. The ( food vessel/ 

 which is in its general form somewhat like fig. 71, has six slightly- 

 projecting pierced ears at the shoulder, which are more than the 

 usual depth, being 1J in. deep. The vase is 4J in. high, 5J in. 

 wide at the mouth and 3| in. at the bottom. The inside of the 

 lip has two encircling lines made by impressions of short pieces 

 of twisted thong nearly touching each other ; similar impressions, 

 but arranged vertically, are placed on the edge of the lip. The 

 remainder of the vase to within If in. of the bottom is covered 

 with twelve encompassing lines of thong-impressions, and the 

 space below that has on it lines of similar impressions, but arranged 

 vertically and slightly radiating from the bottom. The three bone 

 beads first found have patterns upon them [fig. 50], principally of 

 various forms of the cross, worked upon both faces ; this has been 

 effected by burning part of the surface with a sharp-pointed imple- 

 ment, so that the device shows in white on a dark ground, or black 

 on a white ground ; the fourth bead, which was found under the 

 hips, though of precisely the same shape and size as the other three, 

 is quite plain. The drill [fig. 39] is square .at the middle, then 

 becomes round, and tapers away to a very fine point at each end ; 

 it is If in. long. A foot below the last body, and on the bottom 

 of the grave, was the body of an aged and powerfully-made man, 

 laid on the left side, the head, which was close to the north-east 

 end of the grave, being to N.E. by E.; the arms were crossed, the 

 hands being placed upon the opposite elbows. Turfs had been laid 

 over and round the body. Near to the head, but scarcely in con- 

 nection with the interment, were the half of a flint knife and a 

 round scraper of the same material. They had probably been at 

 one time associated with one or both of two disturbed bodies (an 

 adult and a child), abundant remains of which were met with 

 throughout the filling-in of the grave. 



At the centre of the barrow, for about a space of 5 ft. in diameter, 

 and above 6 in. in depth, and commencing 16 in. below the surface 

 of the mound, was a deposit of dark-coloured earth, containing a 

 great quantity of charcoal and other burnt matter. In this deposit 

 were many large fragments of imperfectly calcined human bones, 

 namely, parts of a skull, a tibia, femur and humerus, apparently 

 belonging to a single adult body. They were widely scattered, 

 here and there, and did not present anything like the appearance 

 of an ordinary interment of a burnt body. About the middle of 



