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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  60" 
  long. 
  The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  24" 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  

   skeleton 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  poor 
  condition 
  and 
  the 
  bones 
  were 
  broken 
  and 
  

   decayed. 
  The 
  head 
  lay 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  the 
  face 
  north, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  

   position. 
  In 
  the 
  grave 
  were 
  2 
  pottery 
  vessels, 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   occiput 
  and 
  one 
  almost 
  under 
  the 
  skull, 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  with 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   to 
  the 
  south. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXI, 
  pit 
  59, 
  in 
  trench 
  9 
  was 
  at 
  9' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  and 
  

   was 
  a 
  small 
  shallow 
  burial 
  pit. 
  It 
  was 
  10" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  

   besides 
  a 
  thin 
  deposit 
  of 
  bone 
  dust 
  a 
  small 
  pottery 
  vessel. 
  The 
  

   grave 
  was 
  probably 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  infant. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXII, 
  pit 
  60, 
  was 
  found 
  3' 
  south 
  of 
  58, 
  the 
  southeastern 
  

   corner 
  of 
  58 
  touching 
  the 
  northwestern 
  side 
  of 
  59. 
  This 
  grave 
  was 
  

   10" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  a 
  plow-broken 
  pot 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  restored. 
  

   No 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  was 
  discovered. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  both 
  58 
  and 
  59 
  had 
  originally 
  been 
  much 
  deeper. 
  

   The 
  loose 
  sand 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  western 
  hillside 
  is 
  easily 
  shifted 
  by 
  

   storms 
  of 
  wind 
  and 
  rain 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  

   topsoil 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  and 
  shifted 
  farther 
  down 
  the 
  hill 
  by 
  these 
  

   natural 
  agencies. 
  Those 
  who 
  have 
  plowed 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  knoll 
  

   have 
  often 
  ripped 
  through 
  pottery 
  and 
  bones 
  and 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   even 
  now 
  in 
  places 
  white 
  and 
  crumbling 
  upon 
  the 
  surface. 
  It 
  is 
  

   probable 
  that 
  the 
  real 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  was 
  never 
  guessed 
  

   for 
  they 
  resemble 
  the 
  animal 
  bones 
  found 
  on 
  almost 
  any 
  cultivated 
  

   ground 
  as 
  fertilizer. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXIII, 
  pit 
  61, 
  in 
  trench 
  9 
  was 
  at 
  14' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  

   30" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  a 
  disturbed 
  skeleton 
  was 
  found 
  and 
  fragments 
  

   of 
  a 
  broken 
  pot. 
  The 
  burial 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  disturbed 
  by 
  some 
  

   recent 
  excavation. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXIV, 
  pit 
  62, 
  in 
  trench 
  10 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  3,3" 
  

   deep. 
  In 
  the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  clay 
  stratum 
  were 
  2 
  

   terra 
  cotta 
  vessels. 
  4" 
  south 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  were 
  3 
  molar 
  

   caps 
  of 
  a 
  child 
  of 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  years. 
  Both 
  of 
  the 
  pots 
  were 
  in 
  good 
  

   condition 
  except 
  for 
  small 
  rim 
  breaks. 
  The 
  larger 
  vessel 
  was 
  a 
  

   typical 
  Erie 
  clay 
  pot 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  one 
  an 
  unusual 
  type. 
  This 
  

   latter 
  one 
  was 
  half 
  filled 
  with 
  some 
  carbonized 
  vegetable 
  substance, 
  

   very 
  probably 
  tobacco 
  ashes. 
  Buried 
  in 
  this 
  ash 
  was 
  a 
  clay 
  pipe 
  

   bowl, 
  of 
  a 
  modified 
  trumpet 
  form. 
  When 
  the 
  pot 
  was 
  removed 
  the 
  

   ashes 
  and 
  the 
  pipe 
  were 
  carefully 
  packed 
  as 
  found. 
  Above 
  the 
  

   grave 
  was 
  a 
  fire 
  pit 
  12" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  charred 
  

   corn 
  and 
  beans. 
  This 
  pit 
  was 
  probably 
  dug 
  for 
  the 
  grave 
  fire 
  and 
  

   filled 
  by 
  its 
  ashes 
  [see 
  pi. 
  9]. 
  

  

  