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BuBiAL No. 7 — Continued 



Dimensions of skeleton: Maximum length, 73 inches ; maximum width, 22 



inches ; thickness, 6 inches. 

 Completeness: Portions of most major bones present. 

 Preservation: Fair. 



Associations : One medium-sized bottle (possibly a variant of Haley En- 

 graved, pi. 6, 6 ) at left side of skull ; one plain, medium-sized jar of 

 unidentified type (pi. G, a) between knees. 

 Physical observations and measurements: 

 Sex: Male. 

 Affe: 40 to 50 years. 



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

 147 mm.; index, 81.6 (low brachycranic) ; minimum frontal diam- 

 eter, 97 mm. ; other measurements indeterminate. 

 General observations: Fronto-occipital deformation; prominent supra- 

 orbital ridges ; deep depression at inion. 

 BuKiAi, No. 8 : 



Location: Square S150-W175. 



Grave dimensions: Maximum length, 66 inches; maximum width, 20 



inches; depth, 36 inches. 

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

 Orientation: Heads to southeast. 

 Dimensions of skeletons: Not recorded. 

 Completeness: Fragments of most major bones present. 

 Preservation: Poor. 



Associations: A small carinated bowl (pi. 6, e) of unidentified type near 

 right shoulder of right skeleton; a small bottle (Higgins Engraved, pi. 6, 

 d) between skulls; a small bottle (Higgins Engraved, pi. 6, c) between 

 skeletons at knees. 

 Physical observations and measurements: 

 Skeleton J (on right side of grave) : 

 Sex: Indeterminate. 

 Age: Adolescent. 



Cranial measurements: Indeterminate because of poor preserva- 

 tion. 

 General observations: Possible fronto-occipital deformation. 

 Skeleton 2: 



Sex: Indeterminate. 

 Age: Senile. 



Cranial measurements: Indeterminate because of poor preserva- 

 tion. 

 General observations: Marked post-coronal depression, probably 

 indicative of intentional deformation. 



THE ARTIFACTS 



In analyzing the 1,729 specimens recovered from the Sherwin Site, 

 the midden (Feature 1) seemed to offer the only possibility for close 

 intrasite association of artifact types. Except for the midden, only 

 the sandy surface member, stratum 2, contained artifacts, and, since 

 it was only 2 to 24 inches in thickness and had been greatly disturbed 

 by rodents and plowing, there was little chance there of detecting 

 any vertical stratification of artifact types. Examination of arti- 

 facts, by 6-inch levels, from the thickest portions of stratum 2 failed 



