pin N^o^' 2%}^' JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — MILLER 243 



Pap. No. 25] 



arm was a large carapace of Psevdemys rubiventris whose base rested 

 upon a thin shib of stone. Across his left collar bone were three bone 

 bodkins, one of which is illustrated in plate 91, /. 



DOG BURIALS 



Five dog burials were located while partially excavating the Tolli- 

 fero site. Since the remams were as carefully interred as those of 

 the huinans it is deemed wise to describe these burials in detail. 



Dog burial No. 1 was located when a soft spot in the primary floor 

 of the rectangular structure, Feature 24, was investigated. Prior to 

 the construction of the rectangular structure, a bowl-shaped pit, 

 Feature 13, 4.0 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet in depth, was dug and 

 later filled in with midden. Subsequently, the structure was built, 

 the floor laid, and a hole, 1.2 feet in diameter and 1.3 feet deep, was 

 dug through the floor. Covering the base of this pit were a number 

 of small slabs of stone. Upon this pavement was next placed an inch 

 of clean light-brown sand and after that the remains of the dog were 

 placed. The body was bundled and its tail curled ventrally with the 

 tip around its snout. It lay on its left side with its head pointing to 

 the south. In association with the skeleton, we found the remains of 

 Triodopsis alboldbus (Say), Mesodon thyroidus (Say), and Mesom- 

 phix Gupreus (Rafinesque). The grave was filled in with midden 

 material and the floor repaired. This repair job was not as skillfully 

 or carefully made as the initial packing of the floor. 



The curled remains of dog burial No. 2, were intruded into an 

 earlier midden pit beneath the floor of this same structure and rested 

 upon a crude stone pavement. The dog's tail was curved downward 

 with the tip resting near the nose. Closely spaced around the skeleton 

 were a number of Anguispira alternata (Say) , Haplotrema concavum 

 (Say), Mesomphix cupreus (Eafinesque), Triodopsis aTbolabus 

 (Say), Triodopsis alternata (Say), and Triodopsis fallox (Say). 

 "WHiether these snails were scavengers or placed intentionally with the 

 remains of the dog could not be determined. Dr. J. P. E. Morrison 

 has indicated that none of these forms are flesh feeders and were 

 probably after the lime of the bones. Within the grave fill were the 

 remains of Oxytrema symmetrica (Haldeman) which were rather 

 prevalent at the Clarksville site (44Mcl4) but scarce at this site. 

 Apparently, this shellfish was not a regular article of diet with the 

 people of this village. 



Dog burial No. 3 was found south of human burial Nos. 17 and 

 18, but at a higher level. The remains were found within a small 

 vertical-sided pit 0.7 foot in diameter and 1.3 feet beneath the present 

 surface. The bones were disarticulated and the long bones bundled 

 together with the greater part of the vertebral column and a few ribs. 



