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MOUND KXl'LOUATIONS. 



last stages of (U^cay, the rcnmiiis were, so rcmarkiihly iiiciiger as to 

 give the iini)r<^ssioii tliatall tlie bones of tlie body could not have been 

 buried. The soil iibont all the bones found in this upper layer was 

 absolutely free from any trace of aniniid or vegetable ni:itt(?r, which leads 

 to the o|)iuioii that the bones were buried after having been (bMiuded 

 of tiesh. A i)ot, No. S (N. M. l.iSlit.'J), lay close to the skull remains 

 thus found. Like pots 1, (J, and S, it had ai small liole in the bottom, 

 but had another sounder pot (N. M. 135200) jjlaeed within it. Seven 

 and a Jialf fe<^t to the northeast of tlw^ (ire bed, on a lev(^l api)arently 

 5 inches lower than that oftlit^ pots heretofore descrii)cd, lay ])otNo. 15 

 N. M. 135213. Near it to the northeast were the remains of human boues 

 (No. 10). 



Flc. Itlll.—lVil In.iii llcill.vwiioil iiiumiil, (leoiKiii (i:iriln7). , 



In the lower division, as in that last descrilx'd, all the articles 

 seemed to be clustered about a hearth (B Fig. JDS, which shows a 

 lower horizontal section) and on the same general level. Here most of 

 th<^ human remains wei'c found, but, lik<' those in the upper burial, only 

 the merest traces were observed. Tiie conditions of this locality are 

 very conducive to decay. Decayed iiud meager as they were, sufficient 

 evidence was had in the case of eaich skeleton to show that it was 

 human, such as the presence of teeth and certain identillable bones. 



The hearth B, whi(!h in some places was 10 feet in diameter, was sit- 

 uated wholly southwest of the, cent(M-. Its composition was ]>eculiar. 

 It consisted of four layers of pure white ashes eachonchalf inch thick, 

 separated by red burnt earth averaging an inch in thickness. Ashes 



