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including the skull and the pelvis, were missing. From the arrange- 

 ment of the bones, shown in plate 12, a, it would seem that this might 

 be described as a flesh reburial. Some of the bones, the spinal 

 column in particular, were still in anatomical order. 



Burial No. 11.— This was a cremated burial. The body probably 

 had been burned elsewhere and the residue of ashes, together with 

 the artifacts, had later been deposited in the cave. The artifacts 

 found included a drilled antler amulet, a double spatulate bone arti- 

 fact — probably a weaving tool — three arrow heads, one bone awl, 

 and a bone celt. The burial was covered by a large oval-shaped 

 stone. When the stone was removed many bone fragments adhered 

 to it, as shown in plate 12, o. 



Burial No. 12. — This was an adult burial covered with 10 large 

 stones. The skull was missing, except for a part of the mandible. 

 The bones were not in anatomical order. It appeared to have been 

 a burial of disarticulated bones superimposed on a burned clay 

 surface. 



Burial No. 13. — The grave contained a pile of disarticulated bones 

 of an adult, covered by a pile of stones. The skull was missing. 

 A pestle was found in association with the bones. 



Beside the burials the only other feature of importance encountered 

 in the midden material was a stone hearth constructed of 25 stones 

 in an oval arrangement, having a maximum length of 45 inches and 

 a breadth of 33 inches. The fire pit adjacent to Burial No. 12 was 

 filled with ashes to a depth of 5 inches. It was 36 inches below 

 the present surface level. 



Pottery 



The sherds from this site have a variety of surface finishes, as 

 shown in plate 13, a, but are alike in that all are hard gravel or 

 sand tempered; the gravel tempering being of coarse texture. All 

 rims are plain, and there are no lugs, handles, or other forms of 

 decoration. Among the surface finishes the following may be listed : 



1. Comb trailing, as shown on the lower right corner of plate 13, a. 



2. Cord-wrapped small cylindrical tool impression, as shown in 

 the lower center of plate 13, a. 



3. Cord-wrapped paddling. 



4. Textile impressed. This textile appears to be an unusual form 

 of twined weave. The sherds are small and wholly different in 

 appearance from so-called salt-pan pottery, as shown by the sherd 

 second from the right in the upper line of plate 13, a. 



5. Grass-wrapped paddling, as shown by the sherd in the upper 

 right-hand corner of plate 13, a. 



6. Stamped ware. The meshes are square, 10 to the inch, and 

 vary in size to rectangular meshes, 4 or 5 to the inch. By actual 



