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the pit filling of ash charcoal and discolored sand. A triangular 

 flint arrow head, F195, and a bone bead were found in this pit. 



Pit 83a at 115' on the west side of trench 11 was just beyond 

 pit 82. It was 55^' in top dimensions and 35" deep. The speci- 

 mens found are 2 deer jaws, inferior maxillae, i celt edge, F448, 

 I hammer stone, F440, i grooved stone, F512, i drill, i broken pot, 



1 pipe stem and i pitching tool. 



Pit 84 at 115' on the east central side of trench 11 was 2' 8" by 

 4' in top dimensions and 42" deep. It was an ash and refuse pit 

 of the usual type and contained the following named objects: 3 bone 

 awls, F436, 437, 438, I worked beaver tooth, F439, 2 Unio shells, 



2 bone beads, i shell bead, i small crushed pot, i pipe bowl frag- 

 ment and I arrow point. There were a quantity of deer bones in this 

 pit and the rims and fragments of at least 10 different pots [see 

 text fig. 4]. 



A trench parallel to trench 14 was run on the east side but 70' 

 of excavation failed to reveal any trace of pits. The occupied soil 

 was light and in places there was hardly a trace of it. 



Pit 148 was in the broad trench 7 on the east slope. It was 

 probably a refuse pit, few ashes or charcoal being found within it. 

 One specimen, a small bone pestlelike object, was found. 



Pit 149 at 10' in trench 7 was a refuse deposit of animal bones. 



Pit 150 at 15' in trench 7 was an ash pit. In the deposit of refuse 

 were found, i bone awl, i celt butt, 2 arrow points. 



Record of the graves 



Grave I, pit 4, was discovered at the commencement of trench 3. 

 When the top soil had been removed an area of disturbed earth 

 48" ,by 56" was found. The undisturbed sand surrounding the 

 grave top was a rather compact gritty sand intermixed with small 

 pebbles. Several small particles of charcoal in the disturbed earth 

 evidenced a disturbance by human hands. At 38" from the top 

 a crumbling skull was uncovered by the trowel. The superincum- 

 bent earth was removed and the remains of the skeleton exposed 

 and photographed. The skeleton was in an advanced state of decay 

 and it was impossible to determine the sex or measure any of the 

 bones. A perfect pottery vessel, undecorated and of the old square- 

 topped Iroquois form was found 15" northeast of the face. It was 

 upright and filled solid with sand [see text fig. 5, also pi. 27]. 

 Orientation of the skeleton: head south, face east, right side, flexed 

 position (apparently). 



