﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  IOX>7 
  93 
  

  

  This 
  grave 
  unlike 
  the 
  others 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  original 
  burial, 
  

   that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  earth 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  overturned 
  more 
  than 
  once. 
  

   The 
  other 
  graves 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  several 
  times, 
  the 
  bones 
  

   being 
  removed 
  for 
  ossuary 
  burial 
  or 
  other 
  disposition, 
  and 
  a 
  new- 
  

   body 
  interred 
  therein. 
  

  

  The 
  skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  of 
  mature 
  years, 
  (about 
  

   60). 
  A 
  heron's 
  lower 
  mandible 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  forehead 
  as 
  if 
  

   it 
  had 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  hairpin. 
  

  

  The 
  earth 
  had 
  packed 
  about 
  the 
  limbs 
  and 
  neck 
  and 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  

   clay 
  -mixed 
  sand 
  a 
  cast 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  A 
  black 
  phosphate 
  surrounded 
  

   the 
  bones, 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  tissue. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  position 
  gave 
  the 
  following 
  data: 
  knee 
  to 
  back, 
  

   17" 
  ; 
  atlas 
  to 
  os 
  innominata 
  2' 
  5" 
  ; 
  atlas 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  tarsus, 
  3' 
  2". 
  

  

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

  

  Bones 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  except 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  arms. 
  

  

  Burial 
  7. 
  Another 
  grave 
  was 
  opened 
  at 
  44' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  

   It 
  was 
  30" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  decayed 
  vertebrae 
  and 
  

   a 
  deposit 
  of 
  grave 
  dirt. 
  The 
  larger 
  bones 
  had 
  probably 
  been 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  for 
  ossuary 
  burial. 
  

  

  Burial 
  8. 
  At 
  40/ 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side, 
  grave 
  8 
  was 
  found. 
  It 
  

   was 
  19" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  a 
  few 
  decayed 
  bones, 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  

   femur 
  and 
  the 
  crushed 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  child's 
  skull. 
  Over 
  this 
  grave 
  

   was 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  shale 
  slabs. 
  At 
  the 
  south 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  was 
  a 
  

   boulder 
  12" 
  in 
  diameter. 
  It 
  was 
  18" 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  The 
  skull 
  lay 
  with 
  the 
  top 
  east. 
  A 
  large 
  piece 
  of 
  shale 
  lay 
  

   directly 
  beneath 
  the 
  pelvis. 
  Between 
  this 
  grave 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  was 
  

   an 
  ash 
  bed 
  7" 
  deep. 
  

  

  Burial 
  o.- 
  At 
  50' 
  in 
  trench 
  1 
  touching 
  the 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side, 
  

   20" 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  another 
  ossuary 
  was 
  uncovered. 
  

   Excavation 
  disclosed 
  a 
  bone 
  pile 
  48" 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south 
  and 
  33" 
  

   from 
  east 
  to 
  west. 
  

  

  Unlike 
  burial 
  5, 
  the 
  first 
  ossuary, 
  this 
  was 
  a 
  promiscuous 
  heap 
  

   of 
  bones 
  cast 
  without 
  order 
  upon 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  20 
  skulls 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   an 
  oval. 
  Four 
  inferior 
  maxillae, 
  6 
  broken 
  femora, 
  5 
  humeri, 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  ulnae, 
  radii, 
  vertebrae, 
  an 
  astragalus, 
  tarsus, 
  ribs 
  and 
  

   pelvis 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  heap 
  over 
  the 
  skulls. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  20 
  skulls, 
  10 
  were 
  male 
  and 
  9 
  female. 
  Parts 
  of 
  another 
  

   skull 
  were 
  found, 
  but 
  the 
  sex 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  determined. 
  

  

  Over 
  the 
  ossuary 
  was 
  a 
  glacial 
  boulder 
  about 
  18" 
  by 
  18" 
  and 
  a 
  

   covering 
  of 
  shale 
  and 
  fossiliferous 
  Chemung 
  rock. 
  

  

  