AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 49 1 



The details of grave I are shown in plate 6. 



Grave II, pit 5, trench 3 at 6' on the west side. This grave was 

 56" deep. The bottom contained hardly a trace of the black clay- 

 like soil usually found in grave bottoms. The bones had entirely 



Fig. s Square-topped pot from grave I 



crumbled and only streaks of white powder remained by which a 

 seemingly flexed position might be traced. 



Grave III, pit 6, in trench 3 at 8' on the east side contained the 

 crumbling remains of a skeleton 42" below the surface. Orienta- 

 tion : head north, face west, right side, flexed position. 



Grave IV, pit 7, in trench 3 at 12' on the west side contained 

 the skeleton of an adult female, 42" . below the surface of the 

 ground. The top dimensions of the grave were 36" by 70". The 

 bones were crushed and broken by the weight of the earth. The 

 vertebrae were nearly complete. Orientation: head south, face 

 east, right side, flexed position. 



Grave V, pit 8, in trench 3 was a grave 38" deep and 36" by 72" 

 in dimensions. The bones were in a poor state of preservation. 

 The grave soil was black and discolored. Orientation : head north, 

 face west, right side, flexed position. 



Grave VI, pit 9, in trench 3 at 15' on the west side was 42" by 

 60" in top dimensions. At 26" down a broken skull was found. 

 The earth was carefully removed and the skeleton and grave bottom 

 brushed off. On the grave bottom just above the skull was found 

 a massive terra cotta pipe bowl filled with charred tobacco [see 

 text fig. 6 and pi. 31, fig. i]. The bowl, which was decorated with 

 deeply incised lines, had a short neck and a short nipple over which 



