THOMAS.] 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



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iiliir, aud the bottom being readily traced. The dirt iu this case, as iu 

 the others, was all thrown out. 



No. 1, a bed of charred or rather burnt boues occupyiuy a space 3 

 feet long, 1! feet wide, and 12 inches deep, the bones so thin-onglily 

 burned that it was impossible to determine whetlier they were liumaii 

 or animal. Beneath this bed the yellow sand was baked to the depth 

 of 1 or 2 inches. Under the bones was a shell with two iioles through it. 



No. 2, a skeleton in a sitting posture, face northeast, a pipe near the 

 mouth and a polished celt over the head. 



Fio. 222.— Ik. T. Li-Diiir Inirial pit (plan), Calilwell 



North rarolhiii. 



No. 3, sitting skeleton, facing east, with shell beads arnmid the neck 

 and also around the arms just below tlie shoulders. 



No. 4, horizontal skeleton, lying on the back, head east and resting 

 on the concave surface of an engraved shell. Goncli shell (BnsycoH 

 pcrversum) at the side of the head, and coi)per anil shell beads around 

 the neck. 



No. 5, horizontal, head northeast, shell beads around the neck, and 

 two discoidal stones and one celt at the feet. 



