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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



ill stone cists; the leniorii and sliiii l)oiies were lyiiiy side hy side and 

 some fragments of the skull and lower jaw bones with them. 



About 1 2 feet Avest of ])it No. 1, in another ])r()Si)e(^t i)it, tlu^ flint 

 layer was from 14 to 2 feet thiok and oontained fewer bones and pot- 

 tery; at a depth of about .'? I'eet were some pockets of charcoal but no 

 continuous layer. 



A i'o\Y f;ra\'es were found immediately south of trench No. 1, from one 

 of which, that of a^ child, were obtained some univalve shells that had 

 been perforated and worn around the neck. This small grave, only 2.'? 



Fin. 78.— Skull 



■ (fnuit view). 



inches long' by (! inclies wide, contained some bits of a heavy mineral, 

 perhaj)s i)ul\erizcd lead ore. 



Another child's grave contained a single g'asteropod shell at the 

 chin, another the skeletons of two children; the skull of the lower one 

 of these two skeletons was fdlcd with pure light-colored sand, the only 

 sand seen in the mound. 



Trench No. 3 was run from near the northeast corner of the mound. 

 Graves 1 and 2 of this trench liad been disturbed. 



In grave .') about a foot below the surface, the skeleton was well pre- 

 served. lI(M'e a number of shell beads wert^ obtained which biid been 



