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Four craniums from the ossuary were in good condition and 



four others in condition for measurements. All are interesting for 



the characters they exhibit. 



i Burial lo. At 50' on the west side of trench i was an empty 



grave 24" deep. Over it had been cast a quantity of. broken stone. 



From the north wall of the ossuary, running north for a foot 

 was a top layer of burned stone. The earth here had not been 

 disturbed. 



Trench i was temporarily abandoned at 54' and a parallel and 

 adjacent trench run on the west side. 



Burial it. At 5' in the middle of trench 2 burial 11 was 



discovered. The grave area was 4' by 4' and the depth 2 feet. The 



skeleton was that of a female. The skull was crushed. The arms 



I were flexed to face, the left hand being under the left cheek. 



I Orientation : head, east ; face, south ; left side, flexed. Head 



I thrown back. 



Burial t2. Burial 12 was at 10' in the middle west side of trench 

 2. It was an empty grave with disturbed earth to the depth of 48" 



Burial JJ. Grave 13 was on the east side of trench 2 at 31'. 

 It was 28" deep and contained the decayed root-eaten skeleton 

 of an adult female. 



Area of grave, 3' by 4'. 



Orientation : head, east ; face, north ; flexed. 



There was a small ash pit at the head of the grave. 



Burial 14. Found at 43' in the middle of trench 2. 

 ijjjji This grave was 28" deep and 3' by 3' in area and contained a 



male skeleton in a poor state of preservation. The tibiae were 

 noticeably platycnemic. 



Trench 3 ran parallel with 2 on the west. 



Burial 15. Grave 15 at 4' on the west side of trench 3 was 19" 

 deep, ig" wide and 30" long. There were no bones except the 

 III broken skull and the neck vertebrae. 



Orientation : head, east-southeast ; face, south-southwest. 



Burial 16. Burial 16 at 44^ on east side of trench 2 was 36" 

 deep and contained the pelvic bones and sacrum of a young adult. 

 No other bones were in the grave. This fact seems to point to a 

 removal of the skull and larger bones for reburial. 



Burial i'/. At 36' in trench 3, 18' south of ossuary i, pit 5, the 

 third ossuary was discovered. 



Six skulls were arranged in the form of an eUipse and the other 

 bones thrown in the opening. These bones besides arm and leg 



