﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  485 
  

  

  from 
  it 
  by 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  3"'-. 
  This 
  pit 
  was 
  28" 
  by 
  34" 
  in 
  top 
  dimen- 
  

   sions 
  and 
  28" 
  deep. 
  The 
  bottom 
  was 
  filled 
  up 
  to 
  18" 
  from 
  the 
  

   top 
  with 
  shale 
  slabs. 
  Resting 
  within 
  the 
  pit 
  filling 
  upon 
  the 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  shale 
  were 
  2 
  " 
  lapstones," 
  several 
  " 
  rubbing 
  stones 
  " 
  and 
  

   a 
  quantity 
  of 
  broken 
  pottery. 
  There 
  were 
  2 
  bone 
  beads, 
  F320, 
  324. 
  

  

  Pit 
  42 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  at 
  65' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  ash 
  pit 
  4' 
  

   by 
  5' 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  24" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  following 
  named 
  

   objects: 
  1 
  phalanx 
  cone, 
  F196 
  [pi. 
  34, 
  fig. 
  8], 
  1 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F323, 
  

   1 
  large 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F325, 
  1 
  pot 
  rim 
  point, 
  F329, 
  and 
  three 
  deer 
  pha- 
  

   langes, 
  F317, 
  318, 
  319. 
  

  

  Pit 
  43 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  at 
  65' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  

   pit 
  2' 
  by 
  3' 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  bones 
  and 
  the 
  fragments 
  of 
  a 
  broken 
  pot. 
  

  

  Pit 
  46 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  75' 
  was 
  8' 
  by 
  9' 
  in 
  top 
  dimen- 
  

   sions 
  and 
  26" 
  deep. 
  

  

  Buried 
  with 
  the 
  animal 
  bones, 
  broken 
  stones 
  and 
  potsherds 
  with 
  

   which 
  the 
  pit 
  was 
  filled 
  were 
  the 
  following 
  objects: 
  1 
  perforated 
  

   Unio 
  complanatus 
  shell, 
  F321 
  [pi. 
  36, 
  fig. 
  5] 
  , 
  4 
  deer 
  pha- 
  

   langes, 
  F317. 
  318, 
  319, 
  332, 
  1 
  bone 
  bead, 
  F326, 
  2 
  sheep-head 
  perch 
  

   ear 
  bones 
  and 
  the 
  fragments 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  pottery 
  vessel. 
  

  

  Pit 
  48 
  at 
  99' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  trench 
  4 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  usual 
  refuse 
  material 
  of 
  animal 
  bones 
  and 
  fire-cracked 
  

   stones. 
  In 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  this 
  pit 
  was 
  a 
  skeleton. 
  This 
  pit 
  is 
  

   further 
  described 
  in 
  grave 
  XXIII, 
  pit 
  48. 
  

  

  Pit 
  49 
  at 
  100' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  4 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  4' 
  by 
  

   5' 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  42" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  quantities 
  

   of 
  ashes, 
  charcoal 
  and 
  fire-burned 
  stone. 
  In 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  pit 
  

   was 
  the 
  skeleton 
  described 
  in 
  grave 
  XXIV, 
  pit 
  49. 
  

  

  Pit 
  50 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  at 
  12 
  1' 
  covered 
  almost 
  the 
  entire 
  width 
  of 
  

   the 
  trench, 
  being 
  n' 
  wide 
  and 
  15' 
  or 
  16' 
  long. 
  Between 
  this 
  pit 
  and 
  

   pits 
  48 
  and 
  49 
  just 
  previously 
  described 
  were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  post 
  

   holes 
  and 
  indications 
  of 
  a 
  lodge 
  floor. 
  Pit 
  50 
  was 
  in 
  two 
  strata 
  

   divided 
  by 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  flat 
  stones. 
  The 
  top 
  stratum 
  which 
  was 
  

   crammed 
  with 
  animal 
  bones, 
  split 
  and 
  cracked, 
  potsherds, 
  flint 
  chips, 
  

   and 
  fragments 
  of 
  heat-cracked 
  stones, 
  was 
  24" 
  deep. 
  Upon 
  the» 
  

   slabs 
  of 
  shale 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  stone 
  mortar, 
  F358. 
  Other 
  

   objects 
  found 
  were 
  2 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F357, 
  r 
  pitching 
  tool, 
  F359, 
  I 
  

   • 
  hammer 
  stone, 
  F361, 
  3 
  bone 
  beads, 
  F352, 
  353, 
  354, 
  1 
  triangular 
  

   arrow 
  point, 
  F356, 
  1 
  polished 
  raccoon 
  penis 
  bone, 
  F355C 
  [pi. 
  34, 
  

   fig. 
  18], 
  1 
  flint 
  scraper, 
  F351, 
  2 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F349, 
  350, 
  1 
  grooved 
  

   bone 
  implement, 
  F348 
  [pi. 
  34, 
  fig. 
  13]. 
  

  

  