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of pottery and no other bones were found in the fire bowl. This 
fire bowl must have been in use for a long period, because the floor 
underneath it showed the effects of long-continued fire. 
A DrrreReNtT Mope or Buriat 
At 1, Figure 154, in the southern part of house circle No. 84, was 
a burial different from any other found in this town. It was the 
body of an adult male, buried after decay of the flesh. This was 
the only adult found interred within a house circle, and the only adult 
not placed in a stone-slab coffin, on the Gordon site. The bones had 
been buried in a shallow grave beneath the clay floor, and originally 
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Fic, 154.—Diagram of house circle No. 84 
had only 2 inches of the floor covering them. The bones had been 
placed in an elongated pile which ran approximately W. 10° N. 
Some of the large leg bones appeared to have been broken before 
burial. These can be seen in Plate 121,6. The ribs and lower jaw 
and some other bones were not present. The body had no ornaments 
or other artifacts. Three periwinkle shells were found among the 
bones. Very little dark earth, such as would result from decay of 
flesh or wrappings, was found in this grave. Some of the vertebra 
had been placed approximately as in life. 
2 Now in U. 8. National Museum, Division of Physical Anthropology, No 316102. 
