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3, stem might be fitted. The skeleton was in a crumbhng condition 

 and almost useless for scientific purposes. It was evidently a male. 

 Orientation: head southeast, face northeast, right side, flexed posi- 

 tion with the skull bowed down upon the sternum. A photograph of 

 the grave is shown in plate 7. 



Grave VII, pit 10, in trench 3 was at 18' on the west side of the 

 trench. It contained the crushed skull of an adult male and a 

 number of fragments of calcined bone. The skull was upright 

 with the lower jaw under and was in an advanced stage of dis- 



Fig. 6 Massive pipe bowl from pit 9, 

 grave VI 



integration. It was the only part of the osseous matter not cal- 

 cined. Near the skull was found an oval flint blade [pi. 23, fig. 2], 

 a flint chip, and a small fragment of asphalt which had evidently 

 been used for its coloring matter. 



Grave VIII, pit 11, in trench 3 was at 18^ on the east upside of the 

 trench was 36" by 50" in top dimensions and 60" deep. At 55" 

 down the side of the skull was discovered and the grave bottom 

 found 5" below. This grave was traced down from the topsoil by 

 the loose sand which other than its looseness showed no trace of 

 disturbance. No bits of charcoal, lumps of clay or topsoil were 

 intermixed with the sand. The grave bottom was streaked with 

 ocher and the skeleton lay in a considerable deposit of it. There 

 was a large lump of red ocher 3 inches from the base of the skull. 

 The bones were those of an adult male and in a fair state of preser- 

 vation. The skull is noticeably large and the bones large and long. 

 At the back of the occiput, that is to the east, with the edge 3 inches 

 from the skull, was a large polished celt. Just above the celt, that 

 is to the north, was a crushed pottery vessel. Below the celt an 

 inch from the second dorsal vertebra was a streak of decayed wood, 

 possibly cedar, and" perhaps the remains of the celt handle [see pi. 

 38, fig. 3]. The grave soil beneath the red pigment was a dead 

 tlack and was phosphatelike in its composition. This black deposit 

 was 3/16 of an inch in thickness. A charred bean and a dozen 



