496 MOUND EXPLOKATIONS. 



Over the center of the mound, 5 feet from the bottom, were a few 

 piei^e.s of bone and a tooth worn down nearly to the socket. Four feet 

 west of this was the fragment of a femur, with its axis toward the tooth ; 

 by the femur lay it small chalcedony kuife. These were no doubt 

 remains of an intiusive burial. One other skeleton had been ijlaced 

 at full length, about 3 feet above the bottom and 6 feet southwest from 

 the center, with head towai-d the east; only the leg bones were found. 

 This, as its depth indicates, could scarcely have been an intrusive burial; 

 yet none of those at a greater depth were buried in the same manner. 



A trench was run in from the southwestern side to intersect the first. 

 One skeleton was found about 20 feet from the center, close to the top 

 of the mound. The skull was completely filled with snail shells. This 

 was very likely intrusive. Mr. Orall's workmen had previously found 

 remains of other skeletons near this one. 



A small mound northeast of this, but in the same field, was removed 

 some years ago. Several skeletons werfe found in it, also a pipe, which, 

 ftom the description given, must have been either quartz or calcite. 



I'"IG. 327. — Mound and f^raves near Mononjiuhi'la city, renusylvania. 



In the larger mound were several flakes and chips of the flint found 

 only in Licking or Coshocton counties, Ohio. 



On the farm of Capt. William Parkinson, 2^ miles below Moyonga- 

 hela city, is a long, narrow point bounded on one side by the steep bluff 

 at the foot of which flows Mingo creek, on the other by the river bottom 

 At the level of the upper terrace is an elevation formed by throwing np 

 the dirt on both sides toward the center, forming an elliptical mound 

 110 by 27 feet, 2 feet high, with the longer axis nearly east and west. 

 On this mound were four stone graves, all on the same general plan 

 (Fig. 327). Around the graves are bowlders from the river and flat 

 stones, the latter set on edge, most of them with tops leaning inward; 

 many, however, have been displaced by the roots of the trees growing 

 above them. It seems to have been the intention of the builders to 

 form complete circlf^s inclosed by these stones, though, from the cause 

 mentioned, their symmetry has been impaired. The bottom of eaph 



