AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 507 



Grave LXV, pit in, at 69' on the east side of trench 15 was 

 42" wide, 48" long and 40" deep. It held an adult skeleton. In 

 the grave bottom was a layer of charred wood and bark 2" thick. 

 The skeleton lay with the skull pointing east, the face south, on its 

 left side and in a flexed position. 



Grave LXVI, pit 112, at 70' in trench 15 on the west side was 

 52" long, 40" wide and 72" deep. It held the skeleton of a female, 

 the bones of which were poorly preserved. The skull lay to the 

 east, the face north, and the skeleton lay on its right side, flexed 

 as usual. South of the right scapula was a pottery vessel', F480. 

 Over the grave was a small pit containing a quantity of ashes, char- 

 coal, charred corn and a bear's tooth. 



Grave LXVII, pit 113, at 55' in trench 8 on the east side was 

 -^2" long, 48" wide and (,2>" deep. The skeleton was in a fair state 

 of preservation. It lay with the skull to the west, the face south, 

 on its right side and in a flexed position. Before the face and 12"' 

 from it was a fine specimen of Erie pottery, F476, and a liimp 

 of red ocher. The pot is figured in plate 26, figure 2. 



Grave LXIX, pit 114, on the west side of trench 8 at 60' was 

 60" wide, 52" long and 54" deep. It contained the skeletons of 

 an adult and child. Between the two skulls was a pottery vessel 

 which rested in a deposit of red ocher. The skulls lay to the west, 

 the faces south, each skeleton lay on the right side in a flexed posi- 

 tion. 



Grave LXX, pit 115, on the east side of trench 8 at 50' was 54" 

 wide, 60" long and 42" deep and contained the skeletons of an 

 adult and 2 infants. The bones were in a poor condition and were 

 accompanied by no objects. The female skeleton seems, by the 

 position of the skeletons, to have clasped both infants in her arms. 

 Orientation: skulls northeast, faces southeast, left sides, flexed. 



Grave LXXI, pit 116, in trench 8 at 66' on the east side was 

 66" long, 48" wide and 60" deep. The skeleton was that of a male 

 and comparatively was in a fair condition but very brittle. The skull 

 as It lay in the grave measured from the occiput to the glabella 

 203 millimeters. When removed the skull came apart at the sutures. 

 Before the face were 5 triangular arrow points and there were 2 

 m the right hand. There was a deposit of objects near the sternum, 

 parts of 2 bone implements, fragments of beaver teeth, flints and a 

 few chips. A deposit of red ocher lay beneath the right cheek. 

 Orientation: skull north, face west, right side, flexed position. 



Grave LXXII, pit 117, on the east central of trench 8 was 58" 

 deep. The skeleton was that of an aged male and was in a tightly 



