﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  481 
  

  

  Pit 
  2 
  was 
  discovered 
  just 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  pit 
  I. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  circu- 
  

   lar 
  depression 
  10' 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  4' 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  solid 
  pit, 
  that 
  

   is 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  divided 
  by 
  layers 
  of 
  sand 
  or 
  other 
  substance 
  different 
  

   from 
  the 
  general 
  pit 
  filling. 
  The 
  soil 
  was 
  a 
  uniform 
  black 
  from 
  its 
  

   admixture 
  with 
  carbonaceous 
  matter. 
  There 
  were 
  numerous 
  fire- 
  

   broken 
  stones 
  in 
  the 
  pit, 
  also 
  animal 
  bones, 
  flint 
  chips 
  and 
  potsherds. 
  

  

  The 
  implements 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  pit 
  are 
  2 
  rude 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F259, 
  

   256, 
  5 
  tubular 
  bone 
  beads, 
  1 
  finely 
  formed 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F269, 
  2 
  "jewel" 
  

   bones 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  sheep-head 
  perch, 
  F290, 
  291. 
  

  

  Pit 
  3 
  in 
  trench 
  1 
  at 
  16' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  was 
  12^2' 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  

   37" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  pit 
  1 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  hard 
  layer 
  of 
  

   topsoil 
  as 
  if 
  this 
  area 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  disturbed 
  until 
  much 
  later 
  than 
  

   the 
  other 
  trench 
  layer. 
  This 
  area 
  was 
  bounded 
  by 
  pits 
  I, 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  

   as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  consulting 
  the 
  map 
  and 
  possibly 
  was 
  a 
  lodge 
  

   site. 
  

  

  At 
  12" 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  standing 
  upright 
  with 
  the 
  point 
  down 
  

   was 
  an 
  antler 
  chisel 
  or 
  pick 
  [see 
  pi. 
  35, 
  fig. 
  4]. 
  The 
  handle 
  or 
  

   blunt 
  end 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  with 
  a 
  metallic 
  blade. 
  Three 
  

   bone 
  beads, 
  F261, 
  262, 
  263, 
  were 
  found 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  

   pit 
  end 
  to 
  end. 
  Three 
  others 
  were 
  discovered 
  at 
  12" 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   surface 
  but 
  separated. 
  Near 
  the 
  pit 
  bottom 
  was 
  a 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F271, 
  

   an 
  arrow 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  narrow 
  type 
  sometimes 
  called 
  fish 
  

   points, 
  F267. 
  At 
  18" 
  below 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  shell 
  bead 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  type, 
  

   F289 
  [see 
  pi. 
  36, 
  fig. 
  6]. 
  

  

  Pit 
  16 
  in 
  trench 
  1 
  was 
  at 
  36' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  next 
  pit 
  

   in 
  the 
  trench 
  after 
  pit 
  3. 
  Between 
  these 
  pits 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   a 
  lodge 
  site 
  because 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  post 
  holes 
  that 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  outline 
  one. 
  The 
  top 
  dimensions 
  of 
  this 
  pit 
  were 
  4' 
  by 
  5' 
  and 
  

   the 
  depth 
  24". 
  The 
  pit 
  was 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  strata, 
  the 
  dividing 
  

   stratum 
  being 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  sod 
  soil 
  2" 
  thick. 
  The 
  upper 
  stratum 
  

   contained 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  deer 
  and 
  fish 
  bones, 
  potsherds 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   fire-broken 
  stones. 
  At 
  9" 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  just 
  below 
  plow 
  depth, 
  

   was 
  found 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  copper 
  wrist 
  band 
  [see 
  pi. 
  37, 
  fig. 
  4]. 
  

   Near 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  rude 
  bone 
  awl. 
  The 
  copper 
  bracelet 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  in- 
  

   dication 
  of 
  European 
  contact 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  site. 
  

  

  Pit 
  17, 
  trench 
  1, 
  at 
  35' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  pit 
  16 
  

   by 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  2! 
  '. 
  It 
  was 
  3' 
  by 
  4' 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  

   24" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  some 
  large 
  potsherds 
  and 
  pieces 
  of 
  decorated 
  

   rims. 
  Near 
  the 
  bottom 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  having 
  high 
  

   raised 
  points 
  at 
  opposite 
  sides, 
  F298 
  [see 
  pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  3]. 
  Beneath 
  

   it 
  was 
  the 
  complete 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  fish. 
  At 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pit 
  was 
  

  

  