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JAMES AND POTOMAC ARCHEOLOGY 



pBlTREAU OF 



Lethnology 



from tlio eastern end, were two i)ieces of (luartz crystal and a large 

 rectaiignlar gori^et in wbicli, a liole had been started but not com- 

 l)leted. 



Midway between the extreinities of the mound "were 2 graves 3 by 

 5 feet extending slightly below the original surface, and 6 feet 

 beyond these was another of the same size and general character^, 

 reaching to the subsoil. 



Fici. IG. — I'ipc Iroiii V. M. llMiriii;iii iiioiM,i<l, I'lige < iimitN A n^iiua 



At It! feet from tlie eastern eiid of the mound were 4 graves on a line 

 nearly north iind south. The noitheni one, near the edge of the 

 mound, was (juite shallow and 1 by 5 f^etin extent. The next was the 

 same length, but (3 inches wider. At its eastern end was some greasy^ 

 shining bhick substance mingled witli the earth, in which was a rec- 

 tangular gorget li by T) inches with one hole. Near the middle was a 



smaller gorget of similar form with two 

 holes. Against the northern side, oppo- 

 site the center, was another, still smaller, 

 with curved sides. Near the western end, 

 () inches l)elow the level of the first gorget 

 f( mnd, was a large plate of mica, thus show- 

 ing that the bottom of the grave had not 

 been made level. A pine stump had been 

 burned on the s])ot where it was dug. The 

 charcoal and resin from the roots could be 

 traced below and on either side of the ex- 

 cavation. 



The third grave was 3 feet in diameter. 

 At the center lay a finely finished plat- 

 form pipe of bluish-gray sandstone, with 

 the bowl upward (figure 10), and a i>aint cup or unfinished pipe of the 

 same material (figure 17). Tiie fourth grave, almost at the margin of 

 the monnd, measured 15 by 5 feet, and Avas dug to the subsoil. At the 

 eastern end were a small gorget and a few scraps of mica. 



Fig. 17.— Paint cup from F. M. Hiifiinan 

 luouud, I'ago couuty, Virgiuia. 



