pip. No^." 2^lY' TEXARKANA RESERVOIR — JELKS 59 



BtJEiAL No. 5 : ! 



Location: Squares S35-W150, S35-W155, S40-W150, and S40-W155. 



Orave dimensions: Maximum length, 62 inches; maximum width, 38 

 inches; depth, 32 inches. 



Type of burial: Extended, on back, arms at sides. 



Orientation: Head to southeast. 



Dimensions of skeleton: Maximum length, 60 inches; maximum width, 20 

 inches; thickness, 9 inches. , ■ 



Completeness: Fragments of most major bones present. 



Preservation: Slnill In good condition, other bones fragmentary. 



Associations: None. 



Physical observations and measurements: 

 Sex: Female. 

 Age: 25 to 30 years. 



Cranial measurements: Maximum length, 165 mm.; maximum width, 

 138 mm.; index 83.6 (brachycranic) ; minimum frontal diameter, 

 92 mm.; basion-bregma height, 141 mm.; nasal Index, 50 (mesor- 

 rhlnic) ; blgonial diameter, 95 mm. 



General observations: Occipital is slightly flattened, otherwise there is no 

 indication of deformation ; a number of Wormian bones near lambdoidal 

 suture. 



Remarks: A neat, round hole in the top of the skull was probably made 

 by a probing rod. Pot hunters in the area frequently use long, slender, 

 pointed iron rods for locating burials by probing up to 7 or 8 feet deep 

 in the sand. The operator can detect the presence of pottery vessels or 

 skulls by the "snap" of the rod when a vessel or skull is punctured. 

 Graves dug well into the dense clay strata usually underlying the sur- 

 face sand of sites in east Texas can also be detected with probing rods 

 because of the comparative softness of the grave fill. Upon locating and 

 exposing a burial, some pot hunters remove the pottery vessels and other 

 accompaniments, leaving the skeletons undisturbed. There is a possi- 

 bility that burial No. 5 may have originally contained pottery vessels or 

 other offerings that were removed by the pot hunter responsible for 

 puncturing the skull. 

 BuBiAL No. 6: 



Location: N10-W170, N10-W175, and N5-W170. 



Orave dimensions: Maximum length, 66 inches; maximum width, 42 

 Inches; depth, 48 inches. 



Orientation: Head to southeast. 



Dimensions of skeleton: Maximum length, 60 inches; maximum width and 

 thickness indeterminate. 



Completeness: Skull and traces of long bones present. 



Preservation: Very poor. 



Associations: One small jar (Nash Neck Banded, pi. 5, ^) near left 

 shoulder; one small jar (Nash Neck Banded, pi. 5, g) near left knee; 

 one small bottle (Haley Engraved, pi. 5, i) near right knee. 



Physical observations and measurements: Adult. Preservation too poor 

 for measurements and other observations. 

 BtTBiAL No. 7: 



Location: NO-W190 and N5-W190. 



Orave dimensions: Maximum length, 85 inches; maximum width, 53 

 inches; depth, 68 inches. 



Type of burial: Extended, on back, arms at sides. 



Orientation: Head to southeast. 



