﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  9 
  1 
  

  

  earthworks, 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  advisable 
  to 
  continue 
  until 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  

   thoroughly 
  studied 
  and 
  every 
  important 
  fact 
  obtainable 
  brought 
  to 
  

   light. 
  Since 
  the 
  area 
  within 
  the 
  inclosure 
  refused 
  to 
  divulge 
  all 
  

   the 
  desired 
  information, 
  it 
  was 
  sought 
  to 
  discover 
  the 
  burials 
  and 
  

   wring 
  from 
  the 
  crumbling 
  bones 
  of 
  these 
  swamp 
  dwellers 
  some 
  

   word 
  or 
  fact 
  to 
  dispel 
  the 
  mystery. 
  

  

  Burials 
  

  

  Post 
  holes 
  were 
  dug 
  in 
  the 
  ridge 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  earth-walled 
  

   inclosure 
  to 
  discover, 
  if 
  possible, 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  there 
  were 
  any 
  

   burials, 
  it 
  being 
  the 
  spot 
  most 
  suited 
  for 
  graves, 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  accessi- 
  

   bility. 
  The 
  surrounding 
  ground 
  was 
  swampy 
  and 
  the 
  loam 
  but 
  a 
  

   few 
  inches 
  in 
  depth 
  when 
  a 
  stiff 
  clay 
  or 
  hard 
  pan 
  was 
  encountered. 
  

   The 
  knoll 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  was 
  dry 
  and 
  sandy. 
  

  

  After 
  40 
  tests 
  had 
  been 
  made, 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  brook 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction, 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  disturbed 
  earth 
  was 
  found 
  

   and 
  a 
  trench 
  staked 
  out 
  for 
  systematic 
  excavation. 
  Following 
  the 
  

   rule 
  the 
  trench 
  was 
  i 
  rod 
  wide. 
  Trench 
  i 
  was 
  run 
  over 
  the 
  crest 
  

   of 
  the 
  ridge 
  from 
  south 
  to 
  north. 
  

  

  Burial 
  1, 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  i6' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  20" 
  below 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  A 
  root-eaten 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  female 
  was 
  dis- 
  

   covered. 
  The 
  skull 
  was 
  crushed 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Only 
  the 
  skull 
  and 
  

   upper 
  ribs 
  and 
  upper 
  arm 
  bones 
  were 
  found. 
  The 
  other 
  bones 
  

   were 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  head 
  lay 
  to 
  the 
  northeast, 
  face 
  north- 
  

   west. 
  28" 
  southeast 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  18" 
  deep. 
  

   It 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  white 
  ashes. 
  The 
  superincumbent 
  soil 
  was 
  sandy 
  

   and 
  intermixed 
  with 
  bits 
  of 
  charcoal. 
  

  

  Burial 
  2. 
  At 
  16' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  trench, 
  36" 
  below 
  the 
  

   surface 
  and 
  opposite 
  burial 
  r, 
  burial 
  2 
  was 
  discovered. 
  The 
  skele- 
  

   ton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  and 
  lay 
  in 
  a 
  flexed 
  position. 
  Measure- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  as 
  it 
  lay 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  data 
  : 
  33" 
  from 
  

   top 
  of 
  skull 
  to 
  heel; 
  knee 
  to 
  back, 
  9" 
  ; 
  pelvis 
  to 
  top 
  of 
  head, 
  33". 
  

   The 
  soil 
  was 
  strewn 
  with 
  charcoal 
  bits 
  and 
  potsherds. 
  A 
  black 
  

   fibrous 
  phosphate 
  was 
  noticeable 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  soil. 
  

  

  Two 
  empty 
  graves 
  were 
  found 
  between 
  this 
  burial 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  

   (No. 
  3). 
  Their 
  character 
  as 
  graves 
  was 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  soft, 
  loose 
  

   and 
  disturbed 
  soil 
  which 
  lay 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  hard, 
  undisturbed 
  

   grit. 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  easy 
  matter 
  to 
  shovel 
  out 
  the 
  grave 
  soil 
  because 
  

   of 
  its 
  looseness, 
  without 
  disturbing 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  grave. 
  Only 
  

   a 
  few 
  fragments 
  of 
  bones 
  were 
  discovered 
  in 
  these 
  empty 
  graves. 
  

  

  Burial 
  3. 
  Discovered 
  at 
  34' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  1, 
  26" 
  

  

  