366 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
Burial No. 24, the trunk resting sidewise against the wall of the pit, which 
was 5 feet 2 inches deep, the head forced down on the pelvis and resting between 
the thighs, which were flexed obliquely upward, having the legs closely flexed 
against them, The right humerus slanted downward and outward, the fore- 
arm flexed on it and crossing the pelvis; the left humerus extended obliquely 
down alongside the skull, the forearm partly flexed across the pelvis. А pipe of 
limestone (Fig. 84) was above the left shoulder, and ten arrowheads of flint, the 
Fic. 84.—Pipe of limestone. With Burial No. 24, Hampton Place, Tenn. (Full size.) 
smallest of which was 1.1 inch in length, were at the outer side of the left humerus. 
The skull of this skeleton was saved. 
Burial No. 25 had been eut away in part by a grave for another burial. Both 
humeri, however, were present, and on each was an armlet of brass of the kind 
already described as having been found at this place. 
Burial No. 26, reclining on the side of the pit, which was 4 feet 3 inches 
deep, the femora about vertical but somewhat separated, the legs flexed on them, 
the head bent over between the knees, both humeri alongside the body, the 
forearms erossing to the pelvis. On the chest was a dise of sheet-brass 5.25 
inches in diameter, having a small central hole for attachment, and a number 
of glass beads whieh probably had been strung on the cord by which the dise 
had been suspended. 
Burial No. 27, partly flexed to the left, the trunk face down, the right humerus 
slightly forward and under the body, the forearm in line with the humerus, 
the left upper arm somewhat out from the body, the forearm flexed back under 
the thorax. | 
