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packed in the graves. The burials were at length with no regard to 

 the points of the compass, and no stakes were placed over the bodies as 

 at Chaves Pass, nor were stone slabs found as in the ruins along the 

 Little Colorado River. No traces of matting or other textiles were 

 observed. The skeletons were mostly deca3^ed beyond presei*vation. 

 Bones of elk, deer, antelopes, turkey, and of small mammals and birds 

 were numerous. 



In the undisturbed cemetery to the east similar conditions obtained, 

 but the majority of the specimens came from this point. A burial 

 here was noteworthy in that two bodies were interred together, the 

 skeleton of one is in fair condition, the other merely vertebrae, ribs, 

 and scapulae. The place where the skull should have been found was 

 covered with an inverted bowl containing ashes, and no fragments of 

 the skull were present. As a rule the pottery was deposited near the 

 head; when a number of pieces were found thej^ were laid along the 

 body. In one grave as man}^ as 12 pieces had been buried. No pahos 

 or fetishes were found in the graves. 



The finds at Linden include some interesting specimens of pottery 

 of several classes. Gray ware is represented here principal!}' Iw gray 

 vases with spherical body and tubular neck, having a curved handle 

 from the rim to the body (Plate 18, figs. 1-3); cups with handles; bowls 

 with close zigzag ornamentation covering the interior (Plate 19, fig. 1), 

 and canteens of good form and ornamentation (Plate 18, fig. 4). The 

 bowl of fine gray ware delicately coiled on the exterior, and with a 

 well-designed fret pattern forming a band around the interior wall, is 

 a remarkable and unique specimen (Plate 18, fig. 5), no rugose vessel 

 of the gray ware having been hitherto described to the best of my 

 knowledge. 



Another noteworthy specimen is a gray bowl with interior orna- 

 mentation of human and animal figures, (Plate 19, fig. 2.) Around the 

 side of the vessel a herd of deer run in single file below a grotesquely 

 drawn human figure in attitude of surprise, and in the bottom of the 

 bowl is drawn a large mountain lion. Apparent!}^ there is no S3'mbol- 

 ism involved in the design. The intention of the artist evidently was 

 to portray in a realistic manner some actual occurrence, probabh^ the 

 encountering of a herd of deer pursued by a mountain lion. Frag- 

 ments of pottery showing portions of composition have been picked 

 up on ruins along the north slopes of the White and Mogollon 

 mountains, indicating the use of such designs, but whole specimens 

 are exceedingly rare. The bowl in question was in many fragments 

 when found. 



Some bowls of coarse red ware with interior geometric ornamenta- 

 tion were taken out at Linden. They resemble those of Showlow and 

 other ruins 3aelding grsiy ware. One well-made bowl (Plate 20, fig. 2) 

 has straight sides, and on the exterior is a stepped design with white 



