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ton and that of the child was a copper bead within which was a 

 section of a deerskin thong [pi. 37, fig. 3]. Upon the right lower 

 arm were 2 copper bracelets [see pi. 37, fig. i, 2]. The copper 

 salts which had been released by natural agencies from the metal, 

 penetrating the substances beneath them had preserved portions 

 of flesh, bone, skin, deerskin, and a portion of a bark sheet [see 

 pi. 37]. The 4 fingers and thumb of the right hand were incased in 

 wide rolled brass rings, the salts of which had preserved the animal 

 tissues of the hand [see pi. 32, fig. 5, 10]. Beneath this hand was 

 a deposit of red ocher. The third skeleton was that of a child 

 and was badly decayed. Above the remains of the skull was a 

 large pottery vessel [see pi. 30, fig. 5]. A fourth skeleton lay at 

 the south end of the grave. It was fragmentary and minus a 

 skull. Near the pelvis of this skeleton and near the knee of the 

 female were 8 triangular arrow points. Between the female and 

 male skeletons and below the second infant was a polished bar 

 celt. The photograph [pi. 12] gives the details of the grave. 

 Three skeletons headed east and apparently faced the south. It 

 was not possible to determine the position of the fourth owing to 

 its condition. 



Grave LII, pit 97, at 33' on the west side of trench 12 was 42" 

 Vv^ide, 48" long and 42" deep. It contained the root-eaten skeleton 

 of a female. The skull was noticeably dolichocephalic and narrow. 



Grave LIII, pit 98, at 36' on the west side of trench 12 was 52" 

 long, 48" wide and 38" deep. It contained the crumbling skeleton 

 of an aged female. A crushed pot was found at the rear of the 

 skull. Orientation: head south, face west, left side, flexed posi- 

 tion. 



Grave LIV, pit 99, at 33' on the east side of trench 12 was 38" 

 deep. It contained a crumbling adult skeleton that lay with the 

 skull to the west, face south, left side and flexed. 



Grave LV, pit 100, in trench 16 on the east side at the beginning 

 was 20" deep and contained the crumbling remains of an adult 

 male skeleton. The skull was mesocephalic. Before the face was a 

 celt, F477 [pi. 20, fig. 12], formed from a piece of the local shale 

 and to the south of the skull a few inches was a pottery vessel 

 with a wide flaring rim, F478 [pi. 30, fig. 2]. The skeleton lay 

 with the skull to the south, face west, left side and flexed. 



Grave LVI, pit loi, was central in trench 16 at the beginning. 

 xA.t 30" below the surface was found a root-eaten skeleton of a 

 female. A crushed pot was found at the top of the head. The 

 skeleten lay with the skull east, face norths right side and flexed. 



