AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 509 



Before the sternum were 10 triangular flint arrow points, i per- 

 forator, I scraper, 2 flint flakes and i white spear or knife of 

 white translucent chalcedony [see fig. 21]. 



Grave LXXVII, pit 122, at 25' on the east side of trench 17 

 was a clearly defined grave but there was no visible vestige of 

 human remains. The grave was 48" deep. 



Grave LXXVIII, pit 123, at 33' on the west side of trench 17 

 was 48'' in depth and . contained the exfoliating remains of 2 

 young females. At the occiput of skeleton 2 was a crushed pot. 

 While examining the bottom of the grave another skeleton was 

 discovered lying 6" beneath. Around the cranium of the third 

 skeleton were arranged 4 hammer stones in the form of a semicircle. 

 The sex of this skeleton could not be determined owing to the 

 condition of the bones. Skeletons i and 2 headed east, faced south 

 and lay flexed on the left sides. 



Grave LXXIX, pit 124, at 33' on the east side of trench 17 was 

 3j4' distant from grave pit 123. It contained the skeleton of a 

 male. It lay with the skull to the west, the face south, on the right 

 side flexed. 



Grave LXXX, pit 125, at 44' on the west side of the trench was 

 a small grave 24" wide, 34" long and 30" deep. A fragment of 

 an infant's pelvis and a crumbling vertebrae were all that remained 

 of the skeleton. Beneath the bones was a quantity of charred wood 

 and bark. 



Grave LXXXI, pit 126, at 47' in trench 17 on the east side of 

 the trench contained the skeletons of 2 males of mature years [see 

 pi. 13, fig. i]. At the top of the skull of the southmost skeleton 

 was a cord-marked vessel [see pi. 30, fig. 3], and at the occiput of 

 the northmost was a broken vessel. Midway between the two was 

 a round water-washed pebble stained with red ocher. At the abdo- 

 men of the northmost was a scapula and humerus and reaching 

 beneath the right leg of the southmost was an ulna and a radius, 

 the bones of an arm not belonging to either skeleton. In the lower 

 leg of the southmost skeleton was an arrowhead of unusual mate- 

 rial. The tip had been broken off but was found near the tibia. 

 Orientation : southmost, skull northeast, face northwest, right side, 

 flexed position; northmost, head southeast, face southwest, left side, 

 tightly flexed. 



Grave LXXXII, pit 127, at 55' in the middle trench 17 was 42" 

 wide, 48" long and 48" deep. The crumbling skeleton was that of 

 a male. At the top of the skull was a large pot cracked on one 



