ARCHEO 

 FOW 



ke'*'^] relics from i?kumback farm 51 



it almost disappeared; while in one part tlieie were several thin layers 

 of bone interstratitied with thicker layers of earth, making the dej^osit 

 extend through a vertical space of 2 feet. One large and several small 

 columellas and also a rude clay pipe were among the bones. 



lu the tliird zone, nearly north of the center, 2 feet above the bottom, 

 was a long-stemuied steatite i)ipe ; soutli of the center a grave 5 by 8 feet, 

 the main axis east and west, extended through I he 2 i'eet of sand sub- 

 soil to tlie yellow clay beneath. The bottom was covered by a nniss 

 of charcoal and burned earth, on which the disarticulated skeletons 

 of 3 or more individuals had been thrown at random after the fire 

 had died down ; burned and unburned fragments of bone were mingled, 

 hence the cremation was not a part of the burial ceremony; no relics 

 were with them, but in the earth just above were many fragments of an 

 incised Hat boiu> ornament. Over a small portion of the bottom was a 

 stone i)ile which extended upward into the body of the mound; the sand 

 excavated had been thrown back after the b<mes were interred. A 

 little north of east from the center was a kettle-shape pit 5 feet in 



Fig. 14. — I'ipe from Honry Briimltack iiioiukI, Pushes coiiuty, Virgiuia. 



diameter at the top and 2 feet deep. The bottom was lined with 

 charcoal, some of the i»ieces being (> inches in diameter, Another, north 

 of this (a foot of solid earth separating them), was o feet in diameter 

 and 8 inches deep, with the usual contents of charcoal and decayed bone. 

 East of north of the center was a fourth pit, 6 feet in diameter and 30 

 inches deep, extending to the solid gravel. The bottom was covered 

 with G inches of charcoal; scattered through this was nearly a cart 

 load of burned stones, none of them weighing more than 8 or 10 pounds. 

 A few fragments of bone and a steatite platform pipe (figure 14) lay 

 at the bottom. The next stratum of inches was of earth; then a 

 space 8 by 2 feet, the main axis east and west, was covered with 

 charcoal, in and on which were traces of bone. Whether the circular 

 grave had been filled to a depth of only 12 inches and the second 

 interments made at once, or whether it had been nuide level with the 

 surface and another grave dug afterward, could not be determined. 



