AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 485 



from it by a space of 3'. This pit was 28" by 34" in top dimen- 

 sions and 28" deep. The bottom was filled up to 18" from the 

 top with shale slabs. Resting within the pit filling upon the frag- 

 ments of shale were 2 " lapstones," several " rubbing stones " and 

 a quantity of broken pottery. There were 2 bone beads, F320, 324. 



Pit 42 in trench 4 at 65' on the west side was a small ash pit 4' 

 by 5' in diameter and 24" deep. It contained the following named 

 objects: i phalanx cone, F196 [pi. 34, fig. 8], i bone awl, F323, 

 I large bone awl, F325, i pot rim point, F329, and three deer pha- 

 langes, F317, 318, 319. 



Pit 43 in trench 4 at 65' in the middle of the trench was a small 

 pit 2' by 3' in top dimensions and 30" deep. It contained a quantity 

 of bones and the fragments of a broken pot. 



Pit 46 in trench 4 in the middle at 75' was 8' by 9'. in top dimen- 

 sions and 26" deep. 



Buried with the animal bones, broken stones and potsherds with 

 which the pit was filled were the following objects: i perforated 

 Unio complanatus shell, F321 [pi. 36, fig. 5] , 4 deer pha- 

 langes, F317. .-^18. 319, 332, I bone bead, F326, 2 sheep-head perch 

 ear bones and the fragments of a large pottery vessel. 



Pit 48 at 99' in the middle of trench 4 was an ash pit contain- 

 ing the usual refuse material of animal bones and fire-cracked 

 stones. In the bottom of this pit was a skeleton. This pit is 

 further described in grave XXI-II, pit 48. 



Pit 49 at 100' on the west side of trench 4 was an ash pit 4' by 

 5' in top dimensions and 42" deep. It was filled with quantities 

 of ashes, charcoal and fire-burned stone. In the bottom of the pit 

 was the skeleton described in grave XXIV, pit 49. 



Pit 50 in trench 4 at 121' covered almost the entire width of 

 the trench, being ii' wide and 15' or 16' long. Between this pit and 

 pits 48 and 49 just previously described were a number of post 

 holes and indications of a lodge floor. Pit 50 was in two strata 

 divided by a layer of flat stones. The top stratum which was 

 crammed with animal bones, split and cracked, potsherds, flint chips, 

 and fragments of heat-cracked stones, was 24" deep. Upon the 

 slabs of shale at one end was a large stone mortar, F358. Other 

 objects found were 2 bone awls, F357, i pitching tool, F359, i 

 hammer stone, F361, 3 bone beads, F352, 353, 354, i triangular 

 arrow point, F356, i polished raccoon penis bone, F355C [pi. 34, 

 fig. 18], I flint scraper, F351, 2 bone awls, F349, 350, i grooved 

 bone implement, F348 [pi. 34, fig. 13]. 



