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was no visible trace of bone dust. In the southeast corner of the 

 excavation pot F479 was found [see text fig. 17]. It had an ancient 

 rim break but no sherds could be found in the grave soil. 



Fig. 17 Pot from grave LXI, pit io6 



Grave LXII, pit 107, at 33' on the east side of trench 15 was 

 42" deep. The skeleton was that of an adult male of mature years 

 and was in a fair state of preservation. Even the Os hyoid re- 

 mained. A superior maxillae of an adult bear was found over 

 the skull, probably the remains of a bearskin shoulder robe. At 

 the occiput and a little to the north was a beautifully shaped 

 pottery vessel in an absolutely perfect condition, F474 [see pi. 26, 

 fig. l]. Two points of broken triangular arrows were found in 

 the vertebrae of the neck just below the atlas and may have been 

 the cause of death. The skull lay with the top to the southwest, 

 face southeast, right side, flexed. 



Grave LXIII, pit 109, at 50' on the west side of trench 15 was 

 39" t>y 50" in dimensions and 38" in depth. It contained the root- 

 eaten crumbling skeleton of an adult. Orientation: head east, face 

 south, left side, flexed. 



Grave LXIV, pit no, at 35' on the east side of trench 15 was 

 42" long, 40" wide and 48" deep. It contained a broken crumbling 

 skeleton. A crushed pot lay at the top of the skull to the east, 

 Prientation : skull east, face south, left side, flexed. 



