﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  

  

  493 
  

  

  kernels 
  of 
  charred 
  corn 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  soil. 
  Orientation: 
  

   head 
  north, 
  face 
  west, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  Sex, 
  male 
  of 
  

   perhaps 
  30 
  years. 
  

  

  Grave 
  IX, 
  pit 
  12, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  at 
  35' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  contained 
  

   the 
  decayed 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  youth 
  of 
  12 
  or 
  14 
  years. 
  The 
  grave 
  

   bottom 
  37" 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  rested 
  on 
  the 
  clay 
  stratum. 
  Orienta- 
  

   tion 
  : 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  west, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  X, 
  pit 
  13, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  at 
  35' 
  

   was 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  grave 
  IX. 
  On 
  the 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  another 
  

   intruding 
  grave 
  was 
  found 
  and 
  is 
  described 
  hereinafter. 
  At 
  42" 
  

   from 
  the 
  surface 
  in 
  the 
  clay 
  stratum 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  badly 
  decayed 
  

   skeleton. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  west, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed 
  

   position. 
  

  

  TRENCH 
  3 
  1 
  TRENCH 
  10 
  

  

  TRENCH 
  5" 
  

   Tit 
  14 
  

  

  a 
  my//////M 
  

  

  

  WWW 
  1 
  ! 
  M 
  \\m 
  MflTili 
  I 
  

  

  II 
  lllii^liJIIIIIlillllllQPilllllllllfl 
  

  

  :o.\e 
  5" 
  feet 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7 
  Diagram 
  of 
  pits 
  12—14 
  

  

  Grave 
  XI, 
  pit 
  14, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  was 
  35' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  outside 
  of 
  

   the 
  trench. 
  This 
  pit 
  and 
  pit 
  13 
  previously 
  described 
  intruded 
  one 
  

   another. 
  At 
  42" 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  the 
  right 
  femur 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  adult 
  

   was 
  uncovered 
  by 
  the 
  trowel. 
  The 
  superincumbent 
  earth 
  was 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  and 
  the 
  crumbling 
  remains 
  disclosed. 
  The 
  femur 
  bones 
  

   alone 
  were 
  in 
  fit 
  condition 
  for 
  removal, 
  the 
  others 
  being 
  too 
  soft 
  and 
  

   crumbling 
  for 
  accurate 
  measurement. 
  The 
  femora 
  measured, 
  right, 
  

   18.03", 
  l 
  e 
  ft> 
  I 
  8 
  // 
  . 
  A 
  crushed 
  pot 
  was 
  directly 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  and 
  

   a 
  deposit 
  of 
  purple 
  pigment 
  lay 
  near 
  the 
  frontal 
  bone. 
  In 
  this 
  " 
  war 
  

   paint 
  " 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  decayed 
  bone 
  tube. 
  The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  

   lined 
  with 
  charred 
  grass. 
  Orientation: 
  head 
  north, 
  face 
  east, 
  right 
  

   side, 
  flexed 
  position 
  with 
  femora 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XII, 
  pit 
  15, 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  

   pit 
  14. 
  At 
  40" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  

   skeleton 
  were 
  found. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  was 
  badly 
  decayed, 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  bones 
  were 
  calcined 
  and 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  crushed 
  by 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  earth. 
  The 
  knees 
  were 
  drawn 
  tightly 
  up 
  against 
  the 
  chin 
  and 
  

   the 
  tibii 
  were 
  closed 
  against 
  the 
  femora. 
  A 
  crushed 
  pot 
  was 
  up- 
  

  

  