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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  filled 
  with 
  charcoal 
  and 
  ashes. 
  Below 
  the 
  ash 
  pit 
  proper 
  was 
  a 
  

   deposit 
  of 
  sand 
  intermixed 
  with 
  bits 
  of 
  charcoal, 
  calcined 
  animal 
  

   bones 
  and 
  lumps 
  of 
  intruding 
  soil. 
  At 
  48" 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  flat 
  stones 
  

   was 
  discovered. 
  These 
  were 
  removed 
  and 
  6" 
  below, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  

   broken 
  pot 
  was 
  uncovered. 
  The 
  surrounding 
  earth 
  was 
  removed 
  

   and 
  the 
  crumbling 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  disclosed. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  

  

  Fig. 
  9 
  Diagram 
  of 
  grave 
  XXII. 
  A 
  = 
  Top 
  soil 
  and 
  

   disturbed 
  layer; 
  B 
  — 
  Fire 
  pit; 
  C 
  «= 
  Disturbed 
  sand 
  over- 
  

   lying 
  grave 
  soil; 
  D 
  = 
  Undisturbed 
  sand; 
  E 
  <= 
  Overlying 
  

   cover 
  of 
  shale 
  slabs; 
  F 
  = 
  Decayed 
  organic 
  matter; 
  G 
  = 
  

   Clay 
  

  

  east, 
  face 
  south, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  The 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  was 
  

   at 
  the 
  occiput 
  [see 
  text 
  fig. 
  9]. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXIII, 
  pit 
  48, 
  was 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  at 
  99' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   trench. 
  It 
  was 
  5' 
  by 
  8' 
  in 
  dimensions 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  As 
  the 
  

   trench 
  was 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  section, 
  that 
  the 
  pit 
  was 
  a 
  grave 
  was 
  

   not 
  suspected 
  until 
  a 
  workman 
  thrust 
  his 
  spade 
  through 
  the 
  skull 
  

   and 
  the 
  pottery 
  vessel. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  in 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  ashes, 
  

   charcoal 
  and 
  sand 
  discolored 
  by 
  decayed 
  matter. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  

   east, 
  face 
  south, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  The 
  broken 
  pot 
  which 
  

   lay 
  at 
  the 
  occiput 
  was 
  restored. 
  The 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  were 
  

   well 
  preserved 
  by 
  the 
  ashes 
  and 
  seemed 
  to 
  yet 
  contain 
  a 
  saponaceous 
  

   substance, 
  perhaps 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  mixture 
  of 
  the 
  lye 
  from 
  the 
  

   ashes 
  and 
  the 
  natural 
  oleaginous 
  matter 
  in 
  the 
  tissue. 
  

  

  