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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  down. 
  Skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  infant 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  years 
  old. 
  The 
  skull 
  

   was 
  crushed. 
  The 
  body 
  lay 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  outlined 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  flat 
  

   stones 
  placed 
  upright 
  on 
  edge. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head, 
  east-southeast 
  ; 
  

   face 
  north-northwest; 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed. 
  Body 
  lay 
  east-southeast 
  

   by 
  north-northwest. 
  From 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  toes 
  2' 
  3". 
  Black 
  

   phosphate 
  in 
  grave. 
  Ash 
  pit 
  south 
  of 
  skull 
  at 
  18". 
  Grave 
  soil 
  

   much 
  disturbed. 
  

  

  Burial 
  4, 
  Was 
  found 
  at 
  33' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  trench. 
  The 
  

   depth 
  was 
  25" 
  and 
  the 
  grave 
  outline 
  60" 
  by 
  35". 
  A 
  decayed 
  

   male 
  skeleton 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  flexed 
  position. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head, 
  

   south-southeast; 
  face 
  west-southwest, 
  left 
  side. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  as 
  

   it 
  lay 
  measured 
  36" 
  from 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  to 
  heel 
  and 
  15" 
  from 
  knee 
  

   to 
  back. 
  The 
  superincumbent 
  grave 
  soil 
  was 
  much 
  disturbed. 
  An 
  

   ash 
  pit 
  2.y 
  2 
  f 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  i' 
  deep 
  was 
  found 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   grave. 
  

  

  Between 
  graves 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  streak 
  of 
  disturbed 
  earth 
  

   30" 
  deep, 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  entire 
  ground 
  had 
  once 
  been 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  this 
  

   depth. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  thin 
  separating 
  wall 
  as 
  if 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  two 
  

   other 
  graves 
  here. 
  

  

  Burial 
  5. 
  At 
  40' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  1 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  two 
  

   boulders 
  were 
  struck 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  north 
  of 
  them 
  a 
  heavy 
  bed 
  

   of 
  white 
  ashes. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  ash 
  bed, 
  11" 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  several 
  skulls 
  were 
  touched. 
  Careful 
  excavation 
  

   revealed 
  a 
  small 
  ossuary 
  containing 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  parts 
  of 
  14 
  

   skeletons. 
  

  

  The 
  bones 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  rectangular 
  heap 
  measuring 
  north- 
  

   east 
  to 
  southwest, 
  2' 
  4", 
  by 
  northwest 
  to 
  southeast, 
  i' 
  8". 
  The 
  

   large 
  bones, 
  femora, 
  tibiae, 
  etc., 
  lay 
  northwest 
  and 
  southeast. 
  Six 
  

   skulls 
  were 
  arranged 
  around 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  ossuary 
  and 
  beneath 
  

   them 
  were 
  four 
  others, 
  all 
  broken. 
  When 
  the 
  bones 
  were 
  removed 
  

   27 
  femora 
  were 
  found 
  which 
  would 
  indicate 
  parts 
  of 
  14 
  individuals. 
  

   The 
  earth 
  had 
  packed 
  about 
  the 
  outer 
  bones 
  and 
  had 
  not 
  fallen 
  

   into 
  the 
  interstices 
  of 
  the 
  bone 
  heap 
  below. 
  The 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   turbed 
  earth 
  was, 
  in 
  diameter, 
  4' 
  6". 
  The 
  two 
  boulders 
  south 
  of 
  

   the 
  ossuary 
  had 
  probably 
  been 
  placed 
  as 
  hidden 
  markers. 
  Large 
  

   stones 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  encountered 
  before 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  of 
  the 
  knoll. 
  

  

  Just 
  beyond 
  the 
  ossuary 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  ash 
  pit 
  48" 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  

  

  In 
  depth 
  the 
  ossuary 
  was 
  16", 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  

   the 
  bottom, 
  27". 
  

  

  Burial 
  6. 
  This 
  grave 
  was 
  discovered 
  at 
  37' 
  outside 
  6f 
  trench 
  

   1, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  It 
  was 
  36" 
  deep, 
  36" 
  wide 
  and 
  55" 
  long. 
  

  

  