AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 5OI 



was a small pottery vessel with one projecting and raised point, 

 the whole pot being decorated with the marks of a cord-wrapped 

 paddle [pi. 28, fig. 6]. Directly north of the top of the skull was a 

 pottery pipe of the trumpet shape [pi. 31, fig. 5] and between the 

 pot and the pipe were a celt, a chisel of shale, a worked beaver's 

 incisor, a flint and steel and several worked bones much decayed. 

 The grave bottom was in the clay stratum which accounts for the 

 poor condition of the osseous matter. Orientation : head east, face 

 north, right side, flexed position. 



.Grave XLII, pit 87, at 56' in trench 10 on the west side was 

 34" deep. No bones besides a few molar caps of an infant of 6 or 

 8 were found. A large pottery vessel, F444 [pi. 29, fig. i], with an 

 ancient rim break and showing signs of prolonged use was found in 

 one end of the excavation near the teeth. 



Grave XLIII, pit 88, was between pits 86 and 87, at 56' in trench 

 10. In the grave bottom 48" below the surface was found a deposit 

 of fine bone dust resting on the clay. Pottery vessel F443 ^^^ 

 found in this grave [pi. 28, fig. 5]. 



Grave XLIV, pit 89, was at 67' in the middle of trench 10. On 

 the grave bottom 38" below the surface lay a disintegrating adult 

 skeleton too soft and brittle for removal. There were no objects in 

 the grave. Orientation : head south, face west, left side, flexed 

 position. 



Grave XLV, pit 90, at 65' in trench 10 on the east side contained 

 a crumbling adult skeleton resting in the clay stratum. The grave 

 bottom was lined with charred bark and was 40" below the surface. 

 Orientation : head south, face west, left side, flexed position. 



Grave XLVI, pit 91, in trench 15 was 48" deep and contained the 

 decayed skeleton of an adult. Before the face were two badly 

 broken vessels made of poorly tempered pottery. The skeleton lay 

 east and west with the top of the skull to the east, the face north, 

 on its right side in a flexed position. 



Grave XLVII, pit 92, at 84' on the east side of trench 10 con- 

 tained the decayed skeleton of an aged adult male. It lay with 

 the head to the east, face south, left side and in a flexed position 

 [see pi. 11]. The skull was badly broken but of some scientific 

 value. The spinal column was completely ossified and was removed 

 intact. Near the lower jaw was a small double edged celt [text 

 fig. 12], above the skull, that is to the east, was a beautiful pottery 

 vessel, typically Erian in form, with a small raiserl rim point [pi. 29, 

 fig. 2, also text fig. 13], and before the abdomen with the stem hole 



