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feet of alluvial material are found at this place, consisting of alternating 

 layers of sand and muck, which in places grade into soft, fresh-water marl 

 having a thickness of as much as 2 feet. Fossil plants, including leaves, stems, 

 and seeds, are found in the muck bed. The plants apparently are but little 

 changed from their original condition. AMiile excavating in this bank in 

 June additional pieces of the skull ^«ere found as well as a part of the shaft 

 of the right femur and an additional incisor tooth. 



By reference to the text figures and to the description of the fossils it will 

 be seen that the bones of this skeleton, lying at the contact line between strata 

 2 and 3, are found on either side and around the bones found in place in the 

 older stratum No. 2. The position leads to the suggestion that the bones lying 

 at the base of .stratum No. 3 were derived from stratum No. 2, and that only 



Fig. 4. — Detail of sectiou of the bank on the south side of the canal from about -I.jS to 

 468 feet west of the bridge. Scale, vertical and horizontal, 1 inch equals 2h feet. 

 Nos. 1, 2, and 3 represent strata 1, 2, and 3 of the general section. Human bones were 

 found in stratum 2 at o and at &. The scapula of a deer was found at c. The over- 

 lying material consists of alternating layers of sand and muck which had not been 

 disturbed. These conform to the irregularities of the underlying formation. (After 

 Sellards.) 



one skeleton is represented by the two finds. This may be true, since there is 

 no duplication of parts, nnd a large individual is represented in each Instance. 

 It is well to remember, however, that human remains characterize stratum 

 No. 3, a fact indicated by an abundance of pottery, many bone implements, 

 arrowheads, and other small flints. 



In June, 1916, while excavating near this place, -165 feet west of 

 the bridge, Dr. Sella rtls — 



[I'p. 13.5-136] found human bones in place in the older stream deposit, stratum 

 No. 2 of the section. The section at this place is as follows : 



Feet. 

 Alluvial deposit consisting of alternating beds of sand and muck, repre- 

 senting No. 3 of the general section 2i 



Dark-colored sand, representing No. 2 of the general section 1^ 



Shell marl, representing No. 1 of the general .section to water level, about 4 



