AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 481 



Pit 2 was discovered just south and west of pit i. It was a circu- 

 lar depression lo' in diameter and 4' deep. It was a solid pit, that 

 is it was not divided by layers of sand or other substance different 

 from the general pit filling. The soil was a uniform black from its 

 admixture with carbonaceous matter. There were numerous fire- 

 broken stones in the pit, also animal b^nes, flint chips and potsherds. 



The implements found in this pit are 2 rude bone awls, F259, 

 256, 5 tubular bone beads, i finely formed bone awl, F269, 2 "jewel" 

 bones from the head of a sheep-head perch, F290, 291. 



Pit 3 in trench i at 16' in the middle was I2y2' in diameter and 

 37" deep. It was separated from pit i by a rather hard layer of 

 topsoil as if this area had not been disturbed until much later than 

 the other trench layer. This area was bounded by pits i, 2 and 3 

 as may be seen by consulting the map and possibly was a lodge 

 site. 



At 12" from the surface standing upright with the point down 

 was an antler chisel or pick [see pi. 35, fig. 4]. The handle or 

 blunt end seemed to have been cut with a metallic blade. Three 

 bone beads, F261, 262, 263, were found lying in the bottom of the 

 pit end to end. Three others were discovered at 12" beneath the 

 surface but separated. Near the pit bottom was a bone awl, F271, 

 an arrow point of the long narrow type sometimes called fish 

 points, F267. At 18" below there was a shell bead of the old type, 

 F289 [see pi. 36, fig. 6]. 



Pit 16 in trench i was at 36' in the middle and was the next pit 

 in the trench after pit 3. Between these pits there seems to have been 

 a lodge site because there were a number of post holes that seemed 

 to outline one. The top dimensions of this pit were 4' by 5' and 

 the depth 24". The pit was divided into two strata, the dividing 

 stratum being a layer of sod soil 2" thick. The upper stratum 

 contained a quantity of deer and fish bones, potsherds and a few 

 fire-broken stones. At 9" below the surface, just below plow depth, 

 was found a portion of a copper wrist band [see pi. 37, fig. 4]. 

 Near it was a rude bone av/1. The copper bracelet was the first in- 

 dication of European contact found in the site. 



Pit 17, trench i, at 35' on the west was separated from pit 16 

 by a distance of about 2'. It was 3' by 4' in top dimensions and 

 24" deep. It contained some large potsherds and pieces of decorated 

 rims. Near the bottom was a small pottery vessel having high 

 raised points at opposite sides, F298 [see pi. 28, fig. 3]. Beneath 

 it was the complete skeleton of a fish. At one side of the pit was 



