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a small swale, sloping downstream (southwest). It is weakly 

 developed as one goes over the hmnp of the small buried swell, along 

 the 13-line to the south, and expands sharply from about 13R2 on. 



Stratum III. — This is the most dubious and controversial layer on 

 the profiles. It is clear enough at the northwestern section where it 

 is separated from stratum II by a charcoal line or thin level. In 

 accordance with Garth's idea, this is interpreted as cremation pit 

 debris. Still at the Ll-line, 7 to 8, this stratum is divided into two : 

 A, a fine sandy fill, and B, a very fime silt that was interpreted in the 

 field when this short profile was drawn (it was one of the first) as 

 eolian material. It is possible that it is partly so, but, since the 

 remaining profiles have been made, it would seem more likely to have 

 been water deposited. 



This stratum was truncated somewhere between 8L2 and 11 center- 

 line and from there it dips sharply below the surface to about 2.5 feet 

 at 14 centerline. It is here a compact, fine silt layer about 2 inches 

 thick. It climbs sharply south along the 13- and 12-lines and is again 

 truncated by the hillock or rise of heavy bar sand (st. IV). It is not 

 certain that it reappears around 13R2, but the bar sand in that section 

 has light streaks within it which may be parts of this stratum or, more 

 likely, an expression of stratum II. 



Stratum IV. — In the field this stratum was called bar sand. It 

 could generally be differentiated by its coarseness. As it represents 

 successive periods of deposition, probably flood, the amount of 

 segregation varies. This stratum became increasingly coarse with 

 depth as was demonstrated by the several deep pits that were dug to 

 insure our exhaustion of the deposit. The subdivision IVa indicates 

 sections where the gravelly nature of the deposit was especially 

 obvious on the profiles. Along the 12-Iine this coarse deposit 

 appeared as lenticular in cross section. On the 12 plus 5 to 12R1 plus 

 6-line is an actual division of IV from IVa by a thin compact silt 

 deposit, generally about 0.2 feet thick. This silt level and stratum 

 IV were penetrated here by a reddish brown pit outline that contained 

 burial 17. Stratum III, the most widely traceable of the compacted 

 silt levels, was deposited after the burial. Along the 13-line, prom- 

 inent at 13R1, is shown the stratum IV swell or small buried hillock or 

 ridge. 



Portions of the cremation pits not fully cleared out by Garth were 

 completed in 1950. Fragments of his pit I (fig. 43) that do not 

 appear on the profile sheet were about 0.5 foot thick and overlay the 

 strata that contained the burials. Parts of pit 2 at stake 6 centerline 

 were divided into two layers by a vague sandy and ashy line. Tliis 

 stratigraphy may have been localized in that section of the pit. It is, 

 therefore, largely presumptive. 



