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usually with the head pointed in an eastwardly direction, 

 and were all so greatly decomposed that it was impossible 

 to preserve any of them for measurement and study, the 

 bones in most cases consisting of only a pasty mass. 



As mentioned above, most of the burials were unmarked. 

 The exceptions consisted of two graves incased and covered 

 with slabs of stone, both unearthed near the very' base of the 

 mound. One of these stone graves contained a skeleton 

 the bones of which were largely of the consistency of corn 

 meal, owing to the ravages of insects, but what was lacking 

 in the remains themselves was more than compensated by 

 the finding near the skull of a beautifvil effigy vase of painted 

 potter}', the only piece of painted ware, whole or fragmentary, 

 found in the entire mound. The occurrence of this type of 

 vessel and the presence of the stone graves at the bottom of 

 the mound suggest the possible original occupancy of the 

 site by Indians other than the Cherokee. 



Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the mound was 

 the large number of smoking pipes of pottery, mostly broken, 

 but in many forms and of varying degrees of workmanship. 

 Some of the pipes are of excellent texture and are highly 

 ornamented with conventionalized figiu-es of birds, etc., or 

 marked with incised designs. Another feature of the mound 

 was the presence of a great amount of broken pottery, espe- 

 cially in the refuse at the base and covering the slopes. 

 This pottery is chiefly of fine texture, although some of the 

 cooking vessels are of coarse ware. With the exception of 

 the painted vessel above noted, the only ornamentation 

 applied by the makers of the pottery consists of incised and 

 impressed designs, the latter made usually with a paddle of 

 clay or wood, or worked out in the moist ware before firing 

 by means of a pointed tool, a spatula, a piece of cane, or a 

 shell. 



In pursuance of another plan of cooperative archeological 

 research, Mr. Hodge, in October, visited Zuni, N. Mex., with 

 Mr. Heye, for the purpose of examining the ruins of the 

 historic pueblo of Hawikuh, in the Zuhi Valley southwest of 

 Zuni pueblo, and of making the necessary arrangements with 



