﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  487 
  

  

  Pit 
  71 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  n 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  was 
  3^' 
  by 
  

   4' 
  and 
  43" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  discolored 
  sand 
  with 
  which 
  

   were 
  intermixed 
  carbonized 
  substances. 
  A 
  few 
  cracked 
  deer 
  and 
  

   bear 
  bones 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  1 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F381. 
  

  

  Pit 
  72 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  at 
  6' 
  was 
  3^' 
  by 
  4' 
  and 
  24" 
  

   deep. 
  In 
  it 
  were 
  found 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  deer, 
  bear, 
  beaver, 
  turkey, 
  

   heron 
  and 
  various 
  fish 
  but 
  no 
  implements. 
  The 
  top 
  soil 
  above 
  and 
  

   around 
  pit 
  72 
  was 
  black 
  and 
  otherwise 
  discolored. 
  Between 
  this 
  

   pit 
  and 
  73 
  the 
  black 
  soil 
  was 
  20" 
  deep 
  but 
  contained 
  no 
  intrusive 
  

   objects. 
  

  

  Pit 
  73 
  at 
  16^2' 
  in 
  trench 
  11 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  3' 
  9" 
  by 
  3' 
  in 
  

   top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  34" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  deer, 
  

   rabbit 
  and 
  beaver 
  bones, 
  a 
  Unio 
  shell, 
  a 
  large 
  broken 
  pot 
  and 
  1 
  

   bone 
  awl. 
  The 
  ash 
  deposit 
  was 
  not 
  heavy. 
  

  

  Pit 
  74 
  at 
  20' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  was 
  ioj4' 
  by 
  5^2' 
  in 
  

   top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  32" 
  deep. 
  The 
  pit 
  refuse 
  consisted 
  of 
  pot- 
  

   sherds, 
  various 
  bird 
  and 
  fish 
  bones, 
  deer, 
  bear 
  and 
  beaver 
  bones, 
  

   fire-broken 
  stones, 
  flint 
  chips 
  and 
  charcoal 
  intermixed 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  

   and 
  ashes 
  that 
  formed 
  the 
  major 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  pit 
  filling. 
  The 
  

   following 
  objects. 
  were 
  found: 
  3 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F394, 
  395, 
  380, 
  1 
  

   smoothed 
  phalanx, 
  F396, 
  1 
  pipe 
  stem, 
  F397, 
  1 
  large 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F399, 
  

   and 
  1 
  rude 
  awl, 
  F400. 
  

  

  Pit 
  75 
  at 
  30' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  10' 
  by 
  

   4' 
  6" 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  

   sturgeon 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  fish, 
  bird 
  bones, 
  deer, 
  beaver, 
  and 
  skunk 
  

   bones 
  and 
  several 
  Unio 
  shells. 
  The 
  following 
  articles 
  of 
  human 
  

   manufacture 
  were 
  discovered: 
  1 
  smoothed 
  deer 
  phalanx, 
  F388, 
  1 
  

   bird 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F389, 
  1 
  flat 
  deer 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F390, 
  3 
  rude 
  bone 
  awls, 
  

   F391, 
  392, 
  393. 
  

  

  Pit 
  76 
  at 
  35' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  was 
  8' 
  by 
  4' 
  2" 
  in 
  top 
  

   dimensions 
  and 
  20" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  two 
  layers 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  

   dividing 
  layer 
  of 
  sand. 
  The 
  first 
  layer 
  was 
  a 
  foot 
  deep 
  and 
  the 
  

   second 
  7 
  inches. 
  The 
  dividing 
  layer 
  was 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  thickness. 
  The 
  

   objects 
  found 
  were 
  : 
  1 
  worked 
  deer 
  phalanx, 
  F385, 
  2 
  polished 
  bone 
  

   beads, 
  F386, 
  387, 
  1 
  elk 
  molar, 
  2 
  Unio 
  shells, 
  1 
  beaver 
  tooth 
  and 
  1 
  

   cut 
  bone. 
  

  

  Pit 
  j 
  j 
  at 
  39' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  was 
  a 
  two-strata 
  pit 
  

   with 
  a 
  top 
  diameter 
  of 
  2^-4' 
  and 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  30". 
  The 
  topmost 
  

   layer 
  was 
  18" 
  in 
  thickness 
  and 
  rested 
  upon 
  a 
  dividing 
  layer 
  of 
  sand 
  

   beneath 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  ashes 
  about 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  

   top 
  layer 
  contained 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  deer 
  bones. 
  In 
  this 
  layer 
  

  

  