﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  49 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  details 
  of 
  grave 
  I 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  6. 
  

  

  Grave 
  II, 
  pit 
  5, 
  trench 
  3 
  at 
  6' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  This 
  grave 
  was 
  

   56" 
  deep. 
  The 
  bottom 
  contained 
  hardly 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  clay- 
  

   like 
  soil 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  grave 
  bottoms. 
  The 
  bones 
  had 
  entirely 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5 
  Square-topped 
  pot 
  from 
  grave 
  I 
  

  

  crumbled 
  and 
  only 
  streaks 
  of 
  white 
  powder 
  remained 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  

   seemingly 
  flexed 
  position 
  might 
  be 
  traced. 
  

  

  Grave 
  III, 
  pit 
  6, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  at 
  8' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  contained 
  the 
  

   crumbling 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  skeleton 
  42" 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  Orienta- 
  

   tion 
  : 
  head 
  north, 
  face 
  west, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  IV, 
  pit 
  7, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  at 
  12' 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  side 
  contained 
  

   the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  female, 
  42" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  The 
  top 
  dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  were 
  36" 
  by 
  70". 
  The 
  

   bones 
  were 
  crushed 
  and 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  

   vertebrae 
  were 
  nearly 
  complete. 
  Orientation: 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  

   east, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  V, 
  pit 
  8, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  was 
  a 
  grave 
  38" 
  deep 
  and 
  36" 
  by 
  72" 
  

   in 
  dimensions. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  poor 
  state 
  of 
  preservation. 
  

   The 
  grave 
  soil 
  was 
  black 
  and 
  discolored. 
  Orientation: 
  head 
  north, 
  

   face 
  west, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  VI, 
  pit 
  9, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  at 
  15' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  42" 
  by 
  

   60" 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions. 
  At 
  26" 
  down 
  a 
  broken 
  skull 
  was 
  found. 
  

   The 
  earth 
  was 
  carefully 
  removed 
  and 
  the 
  skeleton 
  and 
  grave 
  bottom 
  

   brushed 
  off. 
  On 
  the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  found 
  

   a 
  massive 
  terra 
  cotta 
  pipe 
  bowl 
  filled 
  with 
  charred 
  tobacco 
  [see 
  

   text 
  fig. 
  6 
  and 
  pi. 
  31, 
  fig. 
  1]. 
  The 
  bowl, 
  which 
  was 
  decorated 
  with 
  

   deeply 
  incised 
  lines, 
  had 
  a 
  short 
  neck 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  nipple 
  over 
  which 
  

  

  