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ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 329 
Burial No. 30, at the bottom of a pit about 4.5 feet deep, was a stone grave 
covered to the top of the pit with soil having an admixture of shell and showing 
the pit had been dug from the surface down. The stone grave, 3 feet 6 inches 
in length and slightly more than 2 feet in maximum width, had a partial eovering 
and on one side two slabs standing obliquely, with an opening between them 
at the lower part but in contact at the upper edges. Тһе covering slabs, except 
Fic. 67.— Burial No. 30. A placement of slabs 3 feet 6 inches by 2 feet, over all, above a skeleton 
with which had been interred parts of another skull, visible in the illustration. Mound D, Williams 
Landing, Ala. 
in one instance, did not rest on the upright ones, being immediately on the bones 
which were on the ground. 
The skeleton lay closely flexed on the right, both humeri along the trunk 
but somewhat toward the front, the forearms flexed to them, bringing the hands 
in front of the face, though not covering it. The skull, over which no slab had 
been placed, may be seen in the photograph (Fig. 67). 
32 JOURN. A. М. 8. PHILA., VOL. XVI. 
