^'^FowKn EXPLORATIONS AT GALA 19 



On the second day 4 holes were found, one 4^ feet deep, the others 

 shallow, all about 3i feet in diameter. Two celts were found in the 

 larger hole and two in one of the others. 



The third hole opened was somewhat diftereut in form from any other. 

 It had been dug to a depth of 5.^ feet, with a diameter of 4 feet. The 

 bottom was covered with a layer of clean ashes one-fourth of an inch 

 thick; resting on these were several pieces of a pot which, when entire, 

 would have contained between 2 and 3 gallons, and a bone partly divided 

 at several points for nuiking beads. The hole was circular for 2 feet 

 above the bottom. It then extended G feet toward one side, making the 

 upper portion 10 feet long and 4 feet across, the entire bottom belugas 

 smooth and level as a board floor. It contained much pottery, bone, 

 and rock, all burned and broken into small fragments. 



On the third day 4 holes M^ere opened, 3 of them small and shallow. 

 In one was a polished bone fishhook. The largest was 4 feet deep. Just 

 eastward from it, Avith 4 inches of clay separat- 

 ing them, was a grave, the bottom of which _^-" '^^ 'X -^--x^ 

 was 3 feet from the surface. The skeleton was V 

 compactly folded and lay on the left side, \ 

 Avith the skull toward the north. The bones 

 rested against the hard clay on every side, as 

 if the body had been forcibly i)uslied down. 

 A large deer-bone perforator lay near the 

 chest. Not a single bone of the right hand 

 or wrist could be found, though nearly all the 

 bones of the other hand Avere Avell i)reserved. 



On the fourth day 2 shallow holes and a 

 large bed of ashes lying a few inches above 

 the clay were examined. On the fifth day a 

 similar ash bed; and on the sixth day 7 holes, 

 none of them deep, and a large ash bed, were 

 unearthed. ^ .^ 



On the seventh day one deep and 3 shallow 

 holes were found, witli the usual contents- ^'1,^^^:^:^-:::'''^ 

 pottery, bones, and stones burned and broii^en. 



A bone fishhook was in one of the holes. One grave was found Avhich 

 contained a doubled skeleton lying on the left side, with head toward 

 the east. The renuiins rested on the clay, Avhich had not been disturbed 

 in burying the body. Three celts were lying together at the waist; 4 

 bone needles AA'cre also found in the earth about it. A bone tube, 

 dressed at both ends, lay by one femur. The bones were much decayed 

 and broken. 



On the eighth day 4 holes, 3 to 3^ feet deep,' were examined, in one 

 of which portions of a bear skull were found. About a foot below the 



' Most of the boles were 3 to 3^ feet in diameter. This measure is implied when no 

 other is given. 



