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At the north end of the grave lay t-^o thin flag. stones, one over 

 the other, the largest about 18 inches in longest dimensions. On 

 lifting these, a heap of cremated bones, reduced to small fragments, 

 was discovered on the clayey bottom of the grave. An examination 

 disclosed portions of upper and lower human jaws and fragments 

 of a cranium. This establishes the fact that the cremated remains 

 were not portion of the body represented by the skull at the south end. 



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Fig. 4. — Urn, partly restored : height, 14'2 cm. ; diameter at mouth, lo'o cm. ; 

 at base, ""5 cm. 



The dagger can be associated with certainty with the unbumt 

 interment. The fact that the burnt bones were not enclosed in an 

 urn, but apparently deposited without any special care, when con- 

 trasted with the rich decoration of the food-vessel, leads to the 

 conclusion that the urn is also to be associated with the unbumt 

 interment. 



