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Fig. 112. — Burial urns from Pintlala Cemetery, Lowndes County, Alabama. 



(a) From Cemetery, Cowles Lake, Elmore Co., Ala. Tuckbathie I5end, Tallapoosa 



River. Diam. 12" x 8". Inverted over chest of human skeleton. Graves collection. 



(b) Collected by E. M. Graves and Dr. R. P. Burke. Diam. 12" x 7". Found 30" below 



surface, inverted over knees of human skeleton. 



(c) Collected by E. M. Graves and Dr. R. P. Burke. Urn i854" x 13". Inverted 



when found: full of ashes and bones showing influence of fire. Side of jawbone 

 of carnivorous animal. Possibly cremation. Buried 36" under surface. Graves 

 Collection. 



(d) Urn from Graves Collection, 

 (r) Design on cover rim. 



