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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Four 
  craniums 
  from 
  the 
  ossuary 
  were 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  

   four 
  others 
  in 
  condition 
  for 
  measurements. 
  All 
  are 
  interesting 
  for 
  

   the 
  characters 
  they 
  exhibit. 
  

  

  Burial 
  10. 
  At 
  50' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  1 
  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 
  1 
  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 
  

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

  

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

   thrown 
  back.. 
  

  

  Barial 
  12. 
  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 
  13. 
  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. 
  

  

  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, 
  19" 
  wide 
  and 
  30" 
  long. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  bones 
  except 
  the 
  

   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 
  17. 
  At 
  36' 
  in 
  trench 
  3, 
  18' 
  south 
  of 
  ossuary 
  1, 
  pit 
  5, 
  the 
  

   third 
  ossuary 
  was 
  discovered. 
  

  

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

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

  

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