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long and narrow. The teeth show little wear, but fully half of them 

 are carious. The lower 6-year molars, and all of the 12-year molars 

 are badly decayed, with total crown destruction. No teeth had been 

 lost, but it is not likely that teeth in such poor condition would be 

 retained for long. Greenish stains suggest the presence of copper 

 ornaments near the right and left ears, on the back (stains on the 

 left scapula, ribs and spines of the neck vertebrae) and on the left 

 forearm. The copper necklace found with this skeleton is shown by 

 Miller in his figure 40. 



Burial 9 {USNM 38084^) .—Female ( ?), 22-27 years old; a semi- 

 flexed burial in poor condition, in the same pit with burial 10. Wear 

 of the teeth is slight (first degree), and although the remaining teeth 

 apparently are not carious, at least four of the molars have been lost, 

 with complete alveolar resorption. The parts of humerus, radius, 

 ulna, femora, tibia, and fibula present show localized areas of osteitis 

 and periostitis, where the cortex of the shafts is thick, porous, and 

 light weight. 



Burial 10. — Parts of adult skull and skeleton in poor condition; 

 discarded in the laboratory. 



Burial 11. — Infant, extended on back; discarded in the field. 



Burial IB. — Child, semiflexed skeleton ; discarded in the field. 



Burial 13. — Child, semiflexed skeleton; discarded in the field. 



Burial IJ^ {USNM 380850) .—Male, about 25 years old; a semiflexed 

 burial in good condition. Cuts on the frontal and left parietal bones 

 suggest scalping (pi. lOB). The teeth are but slightly worn (first 

 degree), but at least three are carious and one has been lost. De- 

 formity of the left iliac blade suggests an old fracture in which exten- 

 sive inflammatory change preceded healing. The iliac blade is thick 

 and ankylosed with the sacrum; and there is a large fistula opening 

 into the acetabulum. Aside from this old injury and the apertures in 

 the humeral septa, the skeleton is normal. 



Burial 16. — Adolescent ; skeleton in extremely poor condition ; dis- 

 integrating when found. 



Burial 16 ( USNM 380851) .—Qhildi about 3 years old ; a nearly com- 

 plete flexed skeleton. 



Burial 17 ( USNM 380852) .—Child, 8-10 years old ; a flexed skeleton 

 lying on its right side, in fairly good condition. The left half of the 

 skull is missing. Although this damage may have been caused by 

 plowing or other disturbance of the overlying soil, the pattern of 

 breakage and various knife marks inside the vault and jaw suggest 

 that the damage occurred at the time of the burial or just before. 



Burial 18 {USNM 380853).— The skeleton of a newborn or very 

 young infant ; extended ; in fair condition. 



Burial 19. — Child, probably less than 3 years old; extended on back; 

 discarded in the field. 



