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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  a 
  stem 
  might 
  be 
  fitted. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  crumbling 
  condition 
  

   and 
  almost 
  useless 
  for 
  scientific 
  purposes. 
  It 
  was 
  evidently 
  a 
  male. 
  

   Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  southeast, 
  face 
  northeast,' 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  skull 
  bowed 
  down 
  upon 
  the 
  sternum. 
  A 
  photograph 
  of 
  

   the 
  grave 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  7. 
  

  

  Grave 
  VII, 
  pit 
  10, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  was 
  at 
  18' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   trench. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  crushed 
  skull 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  and 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  fragments 
  of 
  calcined 
  bone. 
  The 
  skull 
  was 
  upright 
  

   with 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  under 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  an 
  advanced 
  stage 
  of 
  dis- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6 
  Massive 
  pipe 
  bowl 
  from 
  pit 
  9, 
  

   grave 
  VI 
  

  

  integration. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  osseous 
  matter 
  not 
  cal- 
  

   cined. 
  Near 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  found 
  an 
  oval 
  flint 
  blade 
  [pi. 
  23, 
  fig. 
  2], 
  

   a 
  flint 
  chip, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  fragment 
  of 
  asphalt 
  which 
  had 
  evidently 
  

   been 
  used 
  for 
  its 
  coloring 
  matter. 
  

  

  Grave 
  VIII, 
  pit 
  11, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  was 
  at 
  18' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  upside 
  of 
  the 
  

   trench 
  was 
  36" 
  by 
  50" 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  60" 
  deep. 
  At 
  55" 
  

   down 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  discovered 
  and 
  the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  

   found 
  5" 
  below. 
  This 
  grave 
  was 
  traced 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  topsoil 
  by 
  

   the 
  loose 
  sand 
  which 
  other 
  than 
  its 
  looseness 
  showed 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  

   disturbance. 
  No 
  bits 
  of 
  charcoal, 
  lumps 
  of 
  clay 
  or 
  topsoil 
  were 
  

   intermixed 
  with 
  the 
  sand. 
  The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  streaked 
  with 
  

   ocher 
  and 
  the 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  in 
  a 
  considerable 
  deposit 
  of 
  it. 
  There 
  

   was 
  a 
  large 
  lump 
  of 
  red 
  ocher 
  3 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  skull. 
  

   The 
  bones 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  state 
  of 
  preser- 
  

   vation. 
  The 
  skull 
  is 
  noticeably 
  large 
  and 
  the 
  bones 
  large 
  and 
  long. 
  

   At 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  occiput, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  with 
  the 
  edge 
  3 
  inches 
  

   from 
  the 
  skull, 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  polished 
  celt. 
  Just 
  above 
  the 
  celt, 
  that 
  

   is 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  was 
  a 
  crushed 
  pottery 
  vessel. 
  Below 
  the 
  celt 
  an 
  

   inch 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  dorsal 
  vertebra 
  was 
  a 
  streak 
  of 
  decayed 
  wood, 
  

   possibly 
  cedar, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  celt 
  handle 
  [see 
  pi. 
  

   38, 
  fig. 
  3]. 
  The 
  grave 
  soil 
  beneath 
  the 
  red 
  pigment 
  was 
  a 
  dead 
  

   jtlack 
  and 
  was 
  phosphatelike 
  in 
  its 
  composition. 
  This 
  black 
  deposit 
  

   was 
  3/16 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  thickness. 
  A 
  charred 
  bean 
  and 
  a 
  dozen 
  

  

  