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grave was 40 inches in length, 12 inches wide at the eastern end, and 
14 inches wide at the western end, and was 12 inches in depth, inside 
measurement. The grave ran W. 20° N. The pottery-fragment 
bottom of the coffin rested on the clay subsoil floor of the wigwam, 
with body lying on back, extended full length, head to the west. 
This child (U. S. National Museum, Division of Physical Anthro- 
pology, No. 316089) was about 5 years of age. It had been wrapped 
in a matting woven from the outer portion 
of cane stems. To the right of the head 
was the fine burial vase shown in Plate 
104, d, made of black clay with minute 
flecks of finely powdered mussel shells. 
It had been polished with great care and 
then well burned. To the left of the head 
was the mortuary pot shown in Plate 104, ¢. Fis. 143—Method of drilling hole 
Both the vase and the mortuary pot had SSS pala aa 
been placed upright in the grave. The pot was entirely, and the vase 
partly, filled with earth, apparently similar to that which filled the 
remainder of the grave. While they doubtless had at one time con- 
tained food, all traces of it had been leached out by the rains of 
many centuries. The chemists of the Department of Agriculture 
were unable to find any traces of animal or vegetal matter in the 
contents of these vessels. 
By the side of the pot was 
the spoon made from the shell 
of a mussel (unio), shown in 
Plate 111, a. 
Plate 111, 6, shows two large 
beads from the column of the 
conch. They are 134 inches in 
length. One of these was found 
under each hinge of the lower 
jaw of the child. Their posi- 
tion indicated that they were 
sli bide ear pane at ems in mosaic probably either attached to the 
lobe of each ear or to a leather 
thong around the neck. Figure 143 shows the method of drilling 
the holes through these long beads. 
The small beads shown in Plate 111, ¢, were found around the neck 
of the child, as though worn as a necklace. One of these beads was 
within the cavity of the dropped-down lower jaw in such position 
that it could not have been on the necklace. It was probably 
attached to the hair or the ear, and had fallen into the place where it 
was found after decay of the flesh and the dropping down of the jaw. 
