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depth of 38 inches. The " pocket " may have been a gully in the 

 face of the bluff which became filled with refuse thrown over from 

 above. The lower part was largely clay with only slight traces of 

 disturbance and occasional stains of black. Pottery, animal bones 

 and Un:o shells were found, and also bone implements, pipe frag- 

 ments and the like. Near the downhill end of the deposit, on the 

 south side, at a depth of from 17 to 25 inches, was a mass of human 

 bones embedded in almost solid clay, representing all parts of the 

 body except the skull. The joints were usually broken, and one bone 

 looked as if it had been subjected to the action of fire. 



Refuse heaps F, G and H were small examples of the hilltop 

 variety, as is shown on the chart of the site. They attained a depth 

 of about 2 feet and contained, as a rule, the usual material. 



Refuse heap I Was also small, and was found on the hillside, as 

 indicated in the chart and the photograph. Only about 6 feet in 

 diameter, its principal claim to notice lay in the fact that it con- 

 tained two black layers, separated by a 6-inch layer of clay. Rather 

 good material of the usual sort was obtained from both layers. 



Still farther southward was refuse heap J, apparently filling a 

 hollow in the little flat shell of land between the rock knoll and the 

 flood plain of the creek. Its dimensions were about 10 by 12 feet, 

 and it reached a depth of 20 inches near its north edge. The filling 

 of stained earth was rather soft and dry, with a layer of charcoal, 

 charred corn and the like at the bottom. A surprising amount of 

 material was taken out here, including some portions of clay pipes 

 in animal forms. 



A few ash pits were observed, as before mentioned, on the flat 

 hilltop but only three of them deserve description, all of which are 

 located on the chart. Pit i reached the depth of 20 inches, was 

 homogeneous in construction and had a diameter of about 4 feet, 

 but the outline was very irregular. A little ordinary material and 

 several large decorated pieces of the same jar were found within it, 

 and a photograph was taken showing them in position. Adjoining 

 this on the west and shading into it so that the line of demarcation 

 could not be distinguished, was pit lA, containing the skeleton of a 

 child which lay about 30 inches deep on the right side heading north- 

 northeast. It was drawn up in the usual folded posture, and there 

 were no accompanying objects.- 



Pit 2 was found about 2 feet east of pit I and turned out to be 3 

 feet deep by 4 feet 6 inches wide a typical ash pit, with irregular 

 layers of black charcoal and white ashes containing a little of the 

 usual refuse. 



