pip. No^" 2^lY* TEXARKANA RESERVOIR — ^JELKS 17 



BuEiAi. No. 1: 



Location: Square NO-EIOO. 



Grave dimensions: Indeterminate. 



Type of burial: Extended, on back, with hands over face. 



Orientation: Head to south. 



Dimensions of skeleton: Maximum length, 44 inches; maximum width, 10 



inches ; thickness, 6 inches. 

 Completeness: Feet and mandible missing. 

 Preservation: Fair. 

 Associations: None. 



Physical observations and measurements: 

 Sex: Indeterminate. 

 Age: Adolescent. 



Cranial measuremeiits: Maximum length, 174 mm.; maximum width, 

 131 mm.; index, 75.2 (mesocranic) ; minimum frontal diameter, 95 

 mm. 

 General observations: Occipital flattening; a shallow depression about 

 40 mm. wide in the post-coronal area parallel to coronal suture ; 

 frontal eminences only slightly developed ; directly above each frontal 

 eminence is a small depressed area; skull is twisted, probably as a 

 result of warping after interment. 

 Remarks: Burial No. 1 is atypical in that the grave is comparatively shal- 

 low and there are no mortuary offerings of nonperishable materials. The 

 missing feet were severed during the digging of a later grave (burial 

 No. 2). 

 BtTBIAL No. 2 : 



Location: Squares NO-E95, NO-ElOO, N5-E95, and N5-E100. 



Grave diinensions: Maximum length, 90 inches; maximum width, 55 inches; 



depth, 46 inches. 

 Type of burial: Contained two individuals, both extended on the back, 



with arms at sides. 

 Orientation: Heads to southeast. 



Dimensions of skeletons: Skeleton No. 1 (on left side of grave) — maxi- 

 mum length, 72 inches; maximum width, 23 inches; thickness, 8 inches. 

 Skeleton No. 2 — maximum length, 70 inches ; maximum width, 21 inches ; 

 thickness, 8 inches. 

 Completeness: Vestiges of most major bones present. 

 Preservation: Fair. 



Associations: Two small jars of type Nash Neck Banded (pi. 1, b, c) 

 6 inches southwest of skull of skeleton No. 1 ; small bottle of type Haley 

 Engraved (pi. 1, a) between skulls; small engraved bottle of type Anti- 

 och Engraved (pi. 1, d) at right knee of skeleton No. 1. 

 Physical observations and measurements: 



Sex: Skeleton No. 1, male; skeleton No. 2, female. 



Age: Skeleton No. 1, 50 to 55 years; skeleton No. 2, about 40 years. 



Cranial measurements, skeleton No. 1: Skull too warped for accurate 



measurements. 

 Cranial measurements, skeleton No. 2: Maximum length, 176 mm.; 

 maximum width, 121 mm.; index, 68.7 (dolichocranic) ; minimum 

 frontal diameter, 86 mm. 

 General observations, skeleton No. 1: Skull drastically warped, prob- 

 ably after interment; marked artificial deformation of fronto-occipi- 

 tal area ; forward portion of jaw small and narrow ; jdw has a 

 marked flare at the ramus; small, deeply depressed area just above 

 inion may be the result of an injury. 



