AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 495 



touch. Orientation : head east, face north, right side, flexed. A 

 large crushed clay vessel lay directly before the face. 



Grave XX, pit 44, was discovered on the east side of trench 5 at 

 33'. The grave was irregular in outline and measured 66" by 72". 

 The skeleton, found 49" below the surface was that of an adult male 

 of mature years. Orientation : head south, face west, left side, 

 flexed position. The bones .were crumbling and the head was 

 crushed flat by the weight of the soil. Above the head with the 

 bowl near the occiput was a terra cotta pipe [text fig. 8, also pi. 31, 



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Fig. 8 Terra cotta pipe from grave XX, pit 44 



fig. 3, 4] the stem of which reached over the skull as shown in the 

 photograph [see pi. 8, fig. i]. Resting upon the head was the skull 

 of a young bear, probably the remains of a bearskin robe. The 

 bottom of the grave was lined with a layer of charred wood and 

 bark ^ inch in thickness. 



Grave XXI, pit 45, was at 38' on the west side of trench 5. The 

 removal of the topsoil disclosed a small fire pit, possibly the remains 

 of a " grave fire." This pit was a foot in depth and contained white 

 ashes and charcoal. Six inches below the topsoil was found a stone 

 pipe bowl, egg-shaped, with a groove cut around it and intersecting 

 the stem hole [see pi. 22, fig. 3]. The grave bottom was 46" below 

 the surface. After the skeleton had been freed of the superin- 

 cumbent soil and brushed it was found to be the crumbling remains 

 of an adult female. Orientation : head south, face east, right side, 

 flexed position. The bones had been broken by the weight of the 

 earth and the skull was badly crushed. Half of a bone bead was 

 found resting against the atlas and axis of the neck. 



Grave XXII, pit 47, was at 44' on the east side of trench 5. 

 When the topsoil was removed the pit outline was discovered to 

 be rather circular, being 54" in diameter. The top of the pit was 



