MYER] THE FEWKES GROUP 599 
fire bowl. This burial is called grave E. The body is No. 316094, 
United States National Museum, Division of Physical Anthropology. 
The fire bowl, when uncovered, was entirely filled with pure white 
ashes, free from broken bones or fragments of pottery. They cov- 
ered the back and the top of the head of the child, as can be seen in 
Plate 136, d, a photograph taken before any of the bones had been 
disturbed or ashes removed from around the child’s head. The top 
of the skull was only 6 inches beneath the surface of the soil and 
had been broken by the plow. The ashes can be seen around the top 
of the skull, which, although within the edge of the fire bowl and sur- 
rounded by ashes, showed not the slightest trace of the action of fire. 
The body had been buried by the side of the upright slab, which 
can be seen in Plate 136, 6 and d. This slab ran N. 25° KE. The 
head was at the south end of the slab. 
The body had been tightly flexed and made into a compact bundle. 
It must of necessity have been closely tied with some kind of cord 
in order to hold it in this compact bundle form. From what is 
known of such burials it is probable the body was wrapped in some 
kind of skin or cane matting and then the bundle bound with cord. 
If this skin or matting wrapping had ever existed, all trace of it had 
disappeared. The nearness to the surface would have hastened its 
disappearance. The little body, as can be seen in the photograph, 
was lying on its back and turned very slightly on its left sidé. Its 
shoulders had been twisted to the left until the right humerus was 
parallel to and rested nearly on the center of the breast. The arms 
had been folded across the breast and the legs bent to the left and 
then brought closely against the left breast. This was done while 
in the flesh, for all the bones were in proper place. The position of 
the bones is shown in Plate 136, d. 
This fire bowl filled with ashes and the child’s unburned head 
resting within its edge are mysteries. Did the parents bury their 
child with its head within the cavity of the fire bowl and the fire 
bowl continue in use? If so, how was it possible to prevent at least 
some slight burning of the head? There was no evidence of their 
abandoning this fire bowl and starting another fire elsewhere in the 
circle. It is more probable this burial was made after the wigwam 
had been abandoned, or that the wigwam was abandoned at the time 
the burial was made. 
The decayed remnants of what was probably a mussel-shell spoon 
were under the right ear of the child. 
The rare celt (£) shown in Plate 137, b, was found at the left side 
of the body, near the hips. Especial attention is called to the unusual 
beveling on the sides, and to the shape of the cutting edge. So far 
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