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Square llRl, 2.7 north, 4.4 west, surface depth 1.2, datum depth 8.7. 



Burial 16. — Infant, orientation northeast (?), fair condition but incomplete. 

 Stratification questionable, probably IV. Cedar slab, end burned, lay over the 

 body. Artifact : 



/59. Cedar fragment. 

 Square 11 ; 0.8 north, 0.4 west, surface depth 2.0, datum depth 8.7. 



Burial 17. — (PI. 50, a.) Adult male, orientation southwest, semiflexed, 



prone, knees to left, arms folded and hands at head. A pit line, reddish brown, 



was visible around parts of the burial. It was roughly oval ; was inclusive in 



stratum IV. There were three concentrations of basalt chips near the burial: 



at the knees, near the pelvis on left side, and near the right shoulder. Artifacts : 



/74. (PI. 50, &.) Projectile point, chalcedony, embedded in lumbar vertebra. 



/75. (PI. 50, 6.) Projectile point, jasper, in lower abdomen area. 



/76. (PI. 50, 6.) Projectile point, opal, base missing, lower abdomen. 



/77. (PI. 50, h.) Projectile point, obsidian, tip, tang and part of base 



missing, lower abdomen. 

 /78. (PI. 50, 6.) Projectile point, black jasper, lower abdomen. 

 /79. Projectile point, jasper, tip, tang, and base broken. Sides almost 



parallel, tangs flaring, lower abdomen. 

 /80. (PI. 50, 6.) Projectile point, opal, lower abdomen. 

 /81. (PL 50, &.) Projectile point, jasper, lower abdomen. 

 /82. (PI. 50, &.) Projectile point, jasper, tip and base missing, lower 



abdomen. 

 /83. (Pis. 50, 6, 52, 6.) Bone implement, tip broken, tapers to chisel- 

 shaped base, length 7.5 plus, possibly fish spear part, on back, upper 

 thorax. 

 Square 12R1, 6.5 north, 6.5 west, surface depth 2.6, datum depth 10.2. 



This Individual was obviously killed by the niunerous arrows fired into him, 

 one of which became embedded In the bone of a central lumbar vertebra. The 

 type, number, and broken condition of points, probably a result of fighting and 

 death struggles, are of interest. The bone Implement may have been used as a 

 stabbing weapon. Nine points appear to have taken effect on this unfortunate, 

 three have tip, a tang, and base broken ; on one the base only has been fractured. 

 Like burial 15 it is an atypical interment. 



To the above listed series have been added three burials which 

 Garth brought to the Washington State JMuseum and which Heglar 

 measured. They were an aged female, a female, and a male. We 

 have no data which enable us to match these with the burials described 

 by Garth (1952). 



ARTIFACTS WITH THE BURIALS 



An examination of the soil and burial stratigraphy convinces us 

 that the burials all stem from one cultural horizon. Artifacts taken 

 from the graves may, therefore, be considered as a cultural and 

 temporal unit. Differences, however, appear among the burials them- 

 selves that will indicate either cultural change or decided individual 

 preferences during the inhumation period. 



For example, the pieces found with burial 4 set it off from the 

 others, at least from the viewpoint of the chipped stone. The large 

 basalt blades (pi. 52, a, /21 and /23) had not been previously asso- 



