80 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 65 
preservation (see pl. 79, 7), and fragments of a large coiled basket. 
On the bottom lay a shallow bed of coarse charcoal mixed with 
adobe, in which were a few bones from the skeleton of an adult 
(see cross section, fig. 29). On completely clearing out the cist and 
brushing clean the adobe lining at the bottom, an atlatl, or spear 
thrower, was exposed near the wall at one side, its upper face 
flush with the hard surface of the adobe; the specimen as it rested 
in place was shghtly bent and twisted to conform to the shape of 
the bottom of the cist, and was so firmly embedded that it was nec- 
essary to cut away the adobe about it with a pocketknife before it 
could be taken out. After removing the atlatl, a white object with 
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a flat upper surface was observed in the adobe matrix. The atlatl 
was returned to place and the position of the new find noted; the 
latter was then also removed and found to be a peculiarly shaped 
piece of worked limestone that had been bound to the under side 
of the atlatl by means of wrappings, faint traces of which can still 
be made out. A fuller description of these specimens is given on 
page 178. 
Cist 16 was 4 feet 10 inches long, 3 feet 6 inches wide, 3 feet deep, 
and 1 foot below the surface. In it were a number of specimens evi- 
dently overlooked by the ancient plunderers, and the “ mummified ” 
upper half, including the head, of a girl of about 18 years of age. 
