ANTIQUITIES OF THE OUACHITA VALLEY. 163 
At the bottom of a pit in the central part of the cemetery lay Burial No. 16 
(the skeleton of a male, we are informed by Dr. Hrdlicka), extended on the back. 
The state of preservation of the bones of this skeleton was excellent. which is the 
more remarkable considering the condition of many of the bones in this cemetery. 
The left radius was somewhat out of place. All the bones of the right hand and 
some of the bones of the left hand were missing. 
Near the skull were many fragments of charcoal and some bits of burnt shell 
and of calcined bones, which latter have been determined probably to be not human, 
but to belong to the deer. 
A tobacco-pipe lay at the left side of the jaw of this skeleton. At the left 
shoulder was a bottle; and over the right hip, a bowl. Both the earthenware 
utensils and the pipe were in an excellent state of preservation, as were the bones 
of a skeleton lying in the same pit with Burial No. 16, but somewhat above it. 
In the soil in this cemetery, sometimes near burials, were pebbles, pebble- 
hammers, and a small arrowpoint of chert. 
A scale of the alligator-gar, probably used as an arrowhead, lay near human 
remains. 
Usually with burials, and often in contact with the skull (though in several 
instances their exact position was not noted, owing to their falling in masses of soil), 
were eleven pipes of earthenware, eight of which are shown in Figs. 175 to 182, 
inclusive. 
One of these pipes has two perforations; of the four orifices two are in front 
of the base on which the bowl rests and опе on each side. These perforations have 
no connection with the hollow part through which the smoke passed, but undoubt- 
edly were used to attach ornaments of some sort to the pipe. 
Another of the pipes in this lot has the bowl and the portion intended to receive 
the stem resting upon a thin platform projecting on all sides. The part of this 
platform which projects beyond the opening for the stem is a restoration which was 
made because a corresponding part of the platform extends beyond the bowl. 
There were found in this cemetery twenty-six vessels of earthenware, of which 
only two were intact. We came upon also a number of parts of vessels that had 
been broken and scattered by disturbance, recent or aboriginal. The vessels were 
all associated with human remains, and in every case but two, were in proximity 
to crania. 
The vessels, as а rule, were found singly, and never exceeded two with a single 
burial. The ware of these vessels, some of which had shell-tempering while some 
were without it, was, as a rule, inferior and readily acted upon by the dampness of 
the ground in which they lay. Many were disintegrated beyond repair. 
In form the vessels had flaring necks as a rule, and without exception, we 
believe, had flattened bases. A single bottle was found. No pigment had been 
used on the vessels, and when decoration was present it was, as a rule, incised and 
of uneven execution, the designs being the scroll, concentric circles, and common- 
place arrangements of parallel, straight lines. 
