MYER] GORDON TOWN SITE 523 
GRAVE oF ADULT ON ExTERIOR OF WALL 
A stone-slab grave of an adult male was found at 6, Figures 129 
and 130. It was within the earth circle but a foot outside of the 
wall of the building. Plate 107, a, shows this grave before the 
removal of the top. The top was from 6 to 10 inches below the 
present surface of the raised earth circle at that point. 
Plate 107, b, snows the grave after the removal of the top and of 
the earth which filled all the interior but before disturbing any of 
the bones. The body was buried extended full length, on its back, 
with arms at side. It rested on the surface of the original clay sub- 
soil. No ornaments or artifacts were found with the skeleton. The 
grave had been entered at the lower corner, near the feet, by some 
prowling animal, which had disturbed some of the leg and neck 
bones. The soil which filled this grave contained periwinkles and 
fragments of domestic pottery scattered through it. The grave ran 
N. 10° E. with the head at the north end. The tibiae of this male 
(National Museum, Division of 
Physical Anthropology, No. 
316101) showed patches of mod- 
erate periostitis. 
Dua Functions or BUILDING 
There were some indications 
that the building on circle No. 3 
had a dual function. It appears 
to have been occupied partly as a 
dwelling and partly aSaceremonial F's. 135.—Restoration of vessel from interior of 
room. No trace of domestic cook- aie 
ing appears in this circle. The ashes in the fire-bowl or altar contain 
no fragments of bone or pottery, such as would likely arise from 
domestic cookery. Did the chief, or subchief, or other important 
personage who occupied this building also occupy the building on 
house circle No. 2, which closely adjoins No. 3 on the west? Was 
the building on No. 3 used for some of the purposes of a dwelling 
and also for certain public rites which required an altar free from 
the profanement of domestic cooking? Were the cooking and some 
of the other domestic affairs carried on in the adjoining No. 2 build- 
ing? Possibly the excavation of No. 2 may give an answer. 
Domestic VESSELS 
Many pottery fragments were found in the black loam which filled 
the interior of circle No. 3. By a careful study of these fragments 
fairly accurate outlines of several were obtained. 
In Figure 135 is shown a restored vessel, 10 inches in depth and 10 
inches in diameter at the rim. Both its exterior and interior were 
Indian red, with small white shell mottling (pl. 106, e). 
