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thicker than usual, lay on its right side, broken in pieces. At the 
neck were 6 cylindrical shell beads averaging an inch in length by 
three-eighths of an inch in diameter; under the jaw lay a piece of 
columella 3 inches long and an inch thick. 
On the original surface, just north of this grave, were portions 
of a skeleton; on the same level, still farther north, the remains of 
another skeleton. Only a few fragments of either remained. 
Loose on the bottom, 15 feet from the west margin, was a pot 
broken to pieces. 
Midway between the north margin and the center was an extended 
skeleton 5 feet 4 inches long,* on its back, with the head lying 
Fig. 9. Stone grave-cover in Easley mound no. 2. 
north of east and turned to the right; the teeth were worn flat and 
the angle of the jaw was much rounded. The body was bent to the 
right at the hips; the left femur was quite crooked. 
At a distance of 18 feet west of the center was the outer margin 
of a pile of stones covering a space 17 feet north and south by 8 feet 
east and west. These were laid flat on one another, in some places 
six or seven deep, as if intended to protect a series of graves, but 
with no attempt at orderly arrangement. The upper layers are 
alt must be understood that measurements of skeletons are only approximate. As the skull is crushed 
and the feet bones are displaced in nearly every instance, it is seldom possible to determine their exact 
limits. The popular notion that ‘‘ Mound Builders,” or indeed aborigines anywhere in the Mississippi 
Valley, were *‘ giants” is entirely without foundation. Their skeletons indicate a people no larger than 
those who have succeeded them. 
