﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  495 
  

  

  touch. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  east, 
  face 
  north, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed. 
  A 
  

   large 
  crushed 
  clay 
  vessel 
  lay 
  directly 
  before 
  the 
  face. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XX, 
  pit 
  44, 
  was 
  discovered 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  5 
  at 
  

   33'. 
  The 
  grave 
  was 
  irregular 
  in 
  outline 
  and 
  measured 
  66" 
  by 
  72". 
  

   The 
  skeleton, 
  found 
  49" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  

   of 
  mature 
  years. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  west, 
  left 
  side, 
  

   flexed 
  position. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  crumbling 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  

   crushed 
  flat 
  by 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  soil. 
  Above 
  the 
  head 
  with 
  the 
  

   bowl 
  near 
  the 
  occiput 
  was 
  a 
  terra 
  cotta 
  pipe 
  [text 
  fig. 
  8, 
  also 
  pi. 
  31, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8 
  Terra 
  cotta 
  pipe 
  from 
  grave 
  XX, 
  pit 
  44 
  

  

  fig. 
  3, 
  4] 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  which 
  reached 
  over 
  the 
  skull 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   photograph 
  [see 
  pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  i]. 
  Resting 
  upon 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  the 
  skull 
  

   of 
  a 
  young 
  bear, 
  probably 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  bearskin 
  robe. 
  The 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  was 
  lined 
  with 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  charred 
  wood 
  and 
  

   bark 
  y 
  2 
  inch 
  in 
  thickness. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXI, 
  pit 
  45, 
  was 
  at 
  38' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  5. 
  The 
  

   removal 
  of 
  the 
  topsoil 
  disclosed 
  a 
  small 
  fire 
  pit, 
  possibly 
  the 
  remains 
  

   of 
  a 
  " 
  grave 
  fire." 
  This 
  pit 
  was 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  contained 
  white 
  

   ashes 
  and 
  charcoal. 
  Six 
  inches 
  below 
  the 
  topsoil 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  stone 
  

   pipe 
  bowl, 
  egg-shaped, 
  with 
  a 
  groove 
  cut 
  around 
  it 
  and 
  intersecting 
  

   the 
  stem 
  hole 
  [see 
  pi. 
  22, 
  fig. 
  3]. 
  The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  46" 
  below 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  After 
  the 
  skeleton 
  had 
  been 
  freed 
  of 
  the 
  superin- 
  

   cumbent 
  soil 
  and 
  brushed 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  crumbling 
  remains 
  

   of 
  an 
  adult 
  female. 
  Orientation: 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  east, 
  right 
  side, 
  

   flexed 
  position. 
  The 
  bones 
  had 
  been 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  

   earth 
  and 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  badly 
  crushed. 
  Half 
  of 
  a 
  bone 
  bead 
  was 
  

   found 
  resting 
  against 
  the 
  atlas 
  and 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  neck. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXII, 
  pit 
  47, 
  was 
  at 
  44' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  5. 
  

   When 
  the 
  topsoil 
  was 
  removed 
  the 
  pit 
  outline 
  was 
  discovered 
  to 
  

   be 
  rather 
  circular, 
  being 
  54" 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  pit 
  was 
  

  

  