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60" long. The grave bottom was 24" below the surface. The 

 skeleton was in a poor condition and the bones were broken and 

 decayed. The head lay to the east, the face north, right side, flexed 

 position. In, the grave were 2 pottery vessels, one to the west of the 

 occiput and one almost under the skull, on one side with the mouth 

 to the south. 



Grave XXXI, pit 59, in trench 9 was at 9' on the west side and 

 was a small shallow burial pit. It was 10" deep and contained 

 besides a thin deposit of bone dust a small pottery vessel. The 

 grave was probably that of an infant. 



Grave XXXII, pit 60, was found 3' south of 58, the southeastern 

 corner of 58 touching the northwestern side of 59. This grave was 

 10" deep and contained a plow-broken pot which may be restored. 

 No trace of the skeleton was discovered. 



It is probable that both 58 and 59 had originally been much deeper. 

 The loose sand which forms the western hillside is easily shifted by 

 storms of wind and rain and it is highly probable that much of the 

 topsoil has been removed and shifted farther down the hill by these 

 natural agencies. Those who have plowed this portion of the knoll 

 have often ripped through pottery and bones and they may be seen 

 even now in places white and crumbling upon the surface. It is 

 probable that the real character of the bones was never guessed 

 for they resemble the animal bones found on almost any cultivated 

 ground as fertilizer. 



Grave XXXIII, pit 61, in trench 9 was at 14' on the west side. 

 30" below the surface a disturbed skeleton was found and fragments 

 of a broken pot. The burial seems to have been disturbed by some 

 recent excavation. 



Grave XXXIV, pit 62, in trench 10 on the west side was 33" 

 deep. In the grave bottom resting on the clay stratum were 2 

 terra cotta vessels. 4" south of one of the vessels were 3 molar 

 caps of a child of 10 or 12 years. Both of the pots were in good 

 condition except for small rim breaks. The larger vessel was a 

 typical Erie clay pot and the smaller one an unusual type. This 

 latter one was half filled with some carbonized vegetable substance, 

 very probably tobacco ashes. Buried in this ash was a clay pipe 

 bowl of a modified trumpet form. When the pot was removed the 

 ashes and the pipe were carefully packed as found. Above the 

 grave was a fire pit 12'' deep. It contained a handful of charred 

 corn and beans. This pit was probably dug for the grave fire and 

 filled by its ashes [see pi. 9]. 



