292 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
Burial No. 10, a skeleton at full length on the back, 10.5 feet from the surface, 
in a grave whose beginning was not noted," 7.5 feet long by 22 inches wide, ex- 
tending 8 inches into undisturbed soil below the base of the mound. 
Around and above the skeleton yellow sand to a maximum depth of 3 inches 
had been placed, the sand totally differing from the soil surrounding it. 
In a pile, arranged one above the other, were four bracelets of copper, each 
weighing about five ounces and approximately 3 inches by 3.75 inches, made by 
hammering the metal over on itself to form a bar, the extremities of which were 
bent together, bringing them almost in contact. This pile of bracelets was in 
part covered by a side of the skull which rested upon them. Back of the cranium, 
as if having formed part of a head-dress, were a number of well-preserved, 
small, shell beads, some discoidal, some barrel-shaped. 
Burial No. 11. In making the grave for Burial No. 10 the bones of a child 
had been disturbed and scattered, a humerus of the child lying near the skull 
of the adult burial. Other bones were near the pelvis, while the lower jaw of 
the child was at the right knee of the later burial. 
Burial No. 12. "This burial lay in part below Burial No. 10, which, however, 
it had not disturbed and hence had been interred prior to Burial No. 10. 
A skeleton fairly well preserved lay at full length on the back, in a grave 
7 feet 8 inches long by 2 feet 4 inches wide. "The depth of the grave from the 
surfaces was 12 feet, the two lower feet extending into undisturbed clay beneath 
the mound. The grave was filled with dark, midden debris and was easily 
distinguishable as to that part which was surrounded by the light subsoil. On 
the pelvis was a reel-shaped ceremonial ornament of copper (Plate VI, Lig. 1), 
without perforations, 6.8 inches by 6.1 inches over all, the arms of the ornament 
transverse to the line of the skeleton. 
Burial No. 13, a child's skeleton, considerably decayed, lay in a grave 10 
feet from the surface, extending 10 inches into the light-colored clay beneath 
the mound. This grave had been filled with the clay dug out in preparing it, 
and eonsequently presented no contrast to the clay surrounding it, and probably 
would not have been discovered had not the grave been somewhat softer than 
the surrounding material. We have often noted that graves in undisturbed 
soil, when filled, though probably a long time has elapsed, failed to pack to the 
same consistency that the ground around them possesses. 
Buria!s Nos. 14 and 15, one of a child, the other of a young child or an infant, 
both in graves extending below the base under conditions similar to those de- 
seribed in connection with Burial No. 13. 
Burials Nos. 10 to 15, inclusive, were all within a few feet of the center of 
the base of the mound. All burials heretofore described were reached by the 
! No grave of this place except that of Burial No. 47, a superficial one, was determined as to its 
starting point in the mound, owing to prevailing conditions, though it is very probable that all the 
graves in it dated from the period of its beginning or from an early stage in its building, as the very 
dark material with which most of the graves were filled was not noted extending up into the mounds 
for any considerable distance. 
