AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURlAL SlTE 487 



Pit 71 on the west side of trench 11 at the beginning was 3^' by 

 4' and 43" deep. It was filled with discolored sand with which 

 were intermixed carbonized substances. A few cracked deer and 

 bear bones were found and i bone awl, F381. 



Pit 72 on the east side of trench 11 at 6' was 3J'2' by 4' and 24" 

 deep. In it were found the bones of deer, bear, beaver, turkey, 

 heron and various fish but no implements. The top soil above and 

 around pit 72 was black and otherwise discolored. Between this 

 pit and 73 the black soil was 20" deep but contained no intrusive 

 objects. 



Pit 73 at 16^' in trench 11 on the east side was 3' 9" by 3' in 

 top dimensions and 34" deep. It contained a quantity of deer, 

 rabbit and beaver bones, a Unio shell, a large broken pot and i 

 bone awl. The ash deposit was not heavy. 



Pit 74 at 20' on the west side of trench 11 was 10^.' by 5^' in 

 top dimensions and 32" deep. The pit refuse consisted of pot- 

 sherds, various bird and fish bones, deer, bear and beaver bones, 

 fire-broken stones, flint chips and charcoal intermixed with the sand 

 and ashes that formed the major portion of the pit filling. The 

 following objects were found: 3 bone awls, F394, 395, 380, i 

 smoothed phalanx, F396, i pipe stem, F397, i large bone awl, F399, 

 and I rude awl, F400. 



Pit 75 at 30' on the west side of trench 1 1 was an ash pit 10' by 

 4' 6" in top dimensions and 30" deep. It contained the bones of 

 sturgeon and various other fish, bird bones, deer, beaver, and skunk 

 bones and several' Unio shells. The following articles of human 

 manufacture were discovered : i smoothed deer phalanx, F388, i 

 bird bone awl, F389, i flat deer bone awl, F390, 3 rude bone awls, 



F391, 392, 393- 



Pit 76 at 35' on the west side of trench 11 was 8' by 4' 2" in top 

 dimensions and 20" deep. It was in two layers separated by a 

 dividing layer of sand. The first layer was a foot deep and the 

 second 7 inches. The dividing layer was an inch in thickness. The 

 objects found were: i worked deer phalanx, F385, 2 polished bone 

 beads, F386, 387, i' elk molar, 2 Unio shells, i beaver tooth and i 

 cut bone. 



Pit ']'] at 39' on the east side of trench 11 was a two-strata pit 

 with a top diameter of 2j^' and a depth of 30". The topmost 

 layer was 18" in thickness and rested upon a dividing layer of sand 

 beneath which was a deposit of ashes about a foot in depth. The 

 top layer contained a large number of deer bones. In this layer 



