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its mate on the opposite side of the skull probably having been broken and 
thrown out by our digger who came upon the skeleton at the part where the ear- 
plug would be. 
Burial No. 85 had the upper part of the trunk lying on the right side; the 
lower part and the thighs, which extended in line with the trunk, had been twisted 
so that they lay prone. The legs were closely flexed back against the thighs. 
The head pointed SE.; the depth was 20 inches. Above the legs was an un- 
decorated pot, having two loop-handles. 
Burial No. 90, partly flexed to the left side, the head direeted SSE., lay 
near to, and at the same level as, the last-mentioned burial of a child whose bones 
had been somewhat disturbed by the later interment of those of the adult. 
Seattered at considerable distances apart, near the bones, were fragments be- 
longing to shell gorgets of the type of the human face, which evidently had 
been broken at the time of the disturbance, as the margins of the broken parts 
showed the effect of time. Strenuous effort to recover all the fragments was 
unsuccessful. 
Burial No. 94 lay with the trunk on the right side, but owing to the grave 
being narrow, the legs and thighs were flexed upward to the right. The head 
was directed WSW.; the depth, 18 inches. 
Burial No. 95, the skeleton of a child about three years of age, lying 4 feet 
below the surface in a grave the beginning of which could not be determined in 
the comparatively homogeneous deposit of the ridge. 
On one side of the skeleton two slabs, one of sandstone, one of limestone, had 
been placed obliquely over the skeleton, which lay partly flexed on the left side, 
facing the angle made by the slabs and the ground. These slabs did not rest 
at the same level as the bones, their bases having been placed 6 inches above the 
bottom of the grave, the upper margins being about a foot above the bones. 
The slabs, one of which slightly overlapped the other, provided a covering 25 
inches in length. They were irregular in outline, their diameters being roughly 
about 1 foot 5 inches by 1 foot 2 inches, and 1 foot 2 inches by 1 foot, respectively. 
At the neck of the child was a cireular gorget of shell, about 2 inches in 
diameter, without decoration, having a single hole near the edge for suspension. 
Two small beads, barrel-shaped, were with the gorget. 
Burial No. 96 was closely flexed to the left, the head SW., depth 16 inches. 
A radius having a united break, belonging to this skeleton, has been sent by us 
as a gift to the Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. 
Burial No. 97, a child about five years of age, rested on the skeleton of an 
adult female (Burial No. 98), the head of the child on that of the woman, its 
body, so far as it extended, on and parallel to the lower burial. The woman's 
arms had not encircled the child. 
Burial No. 98, partly flexed on the right, the head ENE., depth 30 inches. 
Both upper arms were against the body, as was the right forearm, the left fore- 
arm being flexed across the trunk. The skull of this skeleton was preserved. 
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