FOWKE] MOUNDS IN ALABAMA 457 
EAST SECTOR 
On the bottom, 2 feet in, was a folded skeleton, on left side, head 
south. The skull, which was crushed flat, lay upon a spade. The 
body had been covered and surrounded with very tough clay which 
came away in small flakes. 
Five feet in, 3 feet up, was a roughly finished but much used 
spade, 1714 by 534 inches. A foot lower and 2 feet north of this 
was a thin slab of stone 2134 by 914 inches; it had been slightly 
worked around the edges, evidently with the intention of being con- 
verted into a spade, but showed no indications of having been used 
assuch. (Pl. 82,¢.) Both of these were loose in the earth. 
Three feet in, 12 feet up, were fragmentary remains of two skele- 
tons, too much decayed for their position to be determined. 
Four feet up, 14 feet in, was a layer, not horizontal, of crushed 
and decayed bones which seemed to be the remains of at least two 
bodies; but nothing certain could be made out in regard to their 
position. 
Near the center, 2 feet up, were soft and broken bones of three, 
perhaps four, children 8 or 10 years old. They were in such small 
space that if buried with the flesh on they must have been closely 
folded and Jaid in a pile. Near them were fragments of an adult, 
with teeth only slightly worn. The skull was incased in very tough 
yellow clay. 
WEST SECTOR 
Five feet in, 3 feet up, was a skull encased in red clay, the forehead 
much flattened. The appearance of the earth indicated the burial 
of a body, but no other bones could be found. 
Under this skull, a foot above bottom, was a folded skeleton, on 
left side, head north. The ends of the bones were not knit. The 
right hand lay toward the head: the left arm was straight toward 
the knee. Between the body and the left forearm was a slender, 
symmetrical hatchet 11 inches long. Under the head was another 
hatchet 8 inches long (pl. 80, a), highly polished, with ogee edge. 
It lay on what had been a solid stone that had disintegrated into fine 
yellow sand. There was a string of disk shell beads around the neck, 
32 of which were recovered. All the bones were in fragments, 
crushed flat. 
Six feet in, 3 feet up, was a bunched skeleton. The skull was 
broken and crushed by the pressure of the earth. Both knees 
were under the skull, all these bones being in contact; other 
bones lay on, under, and around them, though the skull seemed to 
have been placed on top of the others when the interment was made. 
Two feet north of this, in a shallow grave, was a folded skeleton, 
on left side, head north. The femur measured 17 inches; the tibize 
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