446 ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS—II [ETH. ANN. 44 
At 120 feet, 3 feet from west face, was a folded skeleton on left 
side, head northeast. The teeth were large and much worn. With 
these bones were intermingled some bones of a smaller person; 
probably there was a double burial. 
As most of the skeletons found thus far were near the west side 
of the trench, it was decided not to go farther southward, but to 
carry the excavations westward. The results were disappointing; 
less was found than had been uncovered near the wall which had 
so far marked the boundary of the work. 
At 70 feet, 3 feet west of the former wall, 2 feet below the surface 
of the mound, was a folded skeleton, on right side, head north. The 
face lay upward, but the skull may have rolled to this position. 
Only three teeth remained in the lower jaw; all the others had 
been lost so long before death that the bone had become solid, ob- 
literating the cavities in which they had grown. (PI. 88,6.) There 
were a few teeth from the upper jaw lying among the bones of the 
head; the roots of these were swollen and deformed from disease. 
Not ail of the bones were found; those still present were too fragile 
for removal. ‘They were of medium size, and there was a pronounced 
anterior curve to the tibiae, like those shown in Plate 77. 
At 100 feet, a foot west, were several fragments of skull, with part 
of a lower jaw; no other bones had been placed with them. 
At 110 feet, 4 feet west, a foot above bottom, were some parts of 
a small, aged person; the bones were no larger than those of a child 
12 or 13 years old, but most of the teeth had been lost before death 
and those remaining were much worn. The forehead was narrow 
and sharply receding, with heavy ridges above and especially to each 
side of the eyes; the skull was quite thick; the nose was prominent. 
(Pl. 89, a.) The bones lay in a bed of charcoal and ashes, but they 
were not in the least burned. Only the skull, some vertebrae, and 
fragments of arms, ribs, and pelvis, were in the grave; not a frag- 
ment of the leg bones remained, if they were ever there. 
Some further search was made in this direction, but as there 
seemed to be nothing to justify continued effort the work was 
abandoned. 
The total number of skeletons, or rather of osseous deposits indi- 
cating intentional burial, was 19. The fragmentary bones indicat- 
ing cannibalism, or scattered among the shells as if carelessly thrown 
in, are not included in this count. 
Tue Hoc Istanp Mounp 
On the bank of the river, a mile below the shell heap just described, 
is an earth mound about 50 by 60 feet, longest north and south. As 
the ground has long been cultivated, it is probable the shape has 
