ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 301 
Burial No. 6, a grave-pit 7 feet 2 inches deep, extending 26 inches into un- 
disturbed soil, 3 feet broad by 11 feet in length, there being considerable space 
between where the skull had been and the head of the grave. "This burial, 
represented by part of a femur, and then, at the proper distance, by teeth and 
other parts of the skull, at each side of which had been a spool-shaped ear 
ornament of sheet-copper, one of which had discolored the adjacent temporal 
bone, had, near the head, a rudely-rounded mass of galena about 3.5 inches in 
diameter. On the space where the thorax must have been were two reel-shaped 
ornaments of shset-copper, both having two perforations, one of the ornaments 
being somewhat decayed as to two of its arms. One of these objects, which 
is intact, 3.9 inches by 4.5 inches, lay beside the other, that is, the two trans- 
versely as to the skeleton, having about one inch of space between them. One, 
however, had been placed with its two perforations in line with the burial, 
while the perforations of the other ornament were transverse to the longer axis 
of the interment. With these ornaments was matting preserved by the copper 
salt. 
Immediately alongside Burial No. 6, and having no partition between, was 
a grave of the same length as that of Number 6, but 6 inches deeper and 1 foot 
6 inches narrower. No human bones were present in this grave. In connection 
with these two graves were two excavations, seemingly post-holes, the exact 
use of which was not determined. 
Burial No. 7, a grave below the base, in which were faint traces of bones, 
two masses of galena, and a lump of clay at one end. 
Burial No. 8, a grave extending into undisturbed soil, containing a fragment 
of femur and a bit of humerus with which was part of a large conchshell, badly 
decayed. 
Burial No. 9, a grave n which only crowns of teeth were found, having a 
large mass of galena, and a quantity of pure clay at one end. 
Burial No. 10, fragments of a skull at a depth of 3 feet. 
Burial No. 11, parts of a skull and fragments of other bones, 4.5 feet deep, 
on the base of the mound. Over this burial, which had been under a thin stratum 
of pure clay, was a mass of galena. 
Burial No. 12, a grave in which was simply a fragment of bone lying beneath 
a layer of clay. A mass of galena was in this grave. 
There was also in the mound a grave having pure clay at each end, but in 
which no bones were discovered. 
A number of masses of galena were scattered through the mound, some 
carefully rounded. Also one arrowhead was found, and a celt of indurated 
shale, 8.5 inches in length, which, no doubt, belonged to a burial that had left 
no trace. : 
There was also present in the mound a mass of soft material about 2.5 inches 
by 1.5 inch by 1 inch, through which, for some purpose unknown to us, a hole 
had been made. This material has been determined by Doctor Keller to be 
