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Figure 50. — Manner in which sheaf of arrows was worn bound to upper arm of a man 



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with the body, for there was no midden material within the grave or 

 in the gi^ave fill. Grave fill consisted entirely of a very light grayish- 

 colored sand. 



Burial No. 77. — In the southeast corner of our 30-foot square (pi. 

 80), we found a grave which did not conform to the general overall 

 pattern. Within this grave was a flexed burial but at the foot of the 

 burial area w^e found a crude limestone wall about 0.8 foot high and a 

 little over 4 feet long. The wall was made by placing a number of 

 limestone slabs upright at intervals in the sand. No two stones actu- 

 ally touched. An additional squarish limestone slab lay horizontally 

 near the feet of the skeleton. This was the most unusual use of stone 

 and the only example of this type found in any site within the reservoir 

 basin. 



Burial No. 78. — In a deep, oval grave the body had completely dis- 

 integrated, leaving behind a Busycon sp. columella bead necklace 



