10 ANTIQUITIES OF THE OUACHITA VALLEY. 
all reports of our work; and Mr. Arthur W. Clime, who rendered efficient aid as 
general assistant. 
Mr. W. D. Platt, of Ouachita, La., who served as pilot throughout the season, 
did not confine himself to his duties at the wheel, which his thorough knowledge of 
all the streams of the region enabled him to perform most satisfactorily, but aided 
us in every other way that lay in his power. 
We have already referred to the work done by Mr. J. 5. Raybon, our captain, 
previous to the starting of our expedition. Later, when Captain Raybon is in com- 
mand of the steamer, that part of his time which is not devoted to navigation is 
given largely to the furtherance of our archeological work. 
The warm thanks of the Academy of Natural Sciences are tendered Prof. 
William H. Holmes for introductory remarks on the pottery described in this report ; 
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka for his paper descriptive of the human remains found апа рге- 
served by the expedition; Prof. F. A. Lucas for identification of bones of lower 
animals; Dr. H. A. Pilsbry and Mr. E. G. Vanatta for identification of shells; Mr. 
F. W. Hodge for literary revision of this report. 
The Academy wishes also to express its gratitude to all owners of plantations 
and farms along Ouachita, Boeuf, and Little rivers and Bayou Bartholomew, who 
so generously placed their property at its disposal, and who aided our undertaking 
in various other ways. 
The form of burial in the Ouachita region offers nothing distinctive in the main. 
The bunched burial and the burial at length were numerous. The flexed 
de was infrequently found, and a variety of urn-burial in two or three instances 
only. 
The flexed burials and the burials at length, according to aboriginal custom in 
the South, presumably had been made after the skeleton was denuded of flesh, like 
the bunched burials, but (unlike the bunched burials) when the bones were still 
held together by ligaments. Often bones in these burials of connected skeletons 
were found out of place—long-bones reversed as to position, and the like—showing 
that the skeleton was not in the flesh when the interment was made. 
In some burial sites, as will be described later, almost no bones remained. 
Thirty-nine cases and boxes of skulls and other parts of human skeletons, 
resulting from our season's work, were sent by us as a gift to the United States 
National Museum at Washington. A paper descriptive of this material, kindly 
prepared by Dr. Ales Hrdlička, follows this report. 
U A number of bones showing fractures and pathological conditions, found by us 
during the season’s work, were presented to the Army Medical Museum at Wash- 
ington, The following determinations made by Dr. D. 5. Lamb, Pathologist of the 
institution, kindly have been sent us by Major T. T. Russell, Medical Corps U. 8. 
Army, Curator of the Museum. u 
