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  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  

  

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  Grave 
  XXXV, 
  pit 
  63, 
  in 
  trench 
  9 
  was 
  at 
  30' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side. 
  It 
  

   was 
  40" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  crumbling 
  skeleton 
  of 
  

   an 
  aged 
  male. 
  In 
  the 
  left 
  foot 
  between 
  the 
  metatarsal 
  bones 
  was 
  a 
  

   triangular 
  arrowhead. 
  The 
  knees 
  were 
  drawn 
  up 
  within 
  11" 
  of 
  

   the 
  chin 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  intervening 
  space 
  were 
  10 
  flint 
  and 
  jasper 
  arrow 
  

   points, 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  flint, 
  a 
  chisellike 
  chunk 
  of 
  iron, 
  an 
  oval 
  flint 
  blade, 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  10 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  position 
  of 
  articles 
  in 
  grave 
  

   XXXV 
  

  

  a 
  lump 
  of 
  red 
  ocher 
  and 
  a 
  smoothed 
  pebble. 
  The 
  grave 
  lay 
  in 
  the 
  

   soft 
  shifting 
  sand 
  of 
  the 
  hillside 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  were 
  

   crushed. 
  Marks 
  on 
  the 
  occiput 
  seemed 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  scalp 
  

   had 
  been 
  cut, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  deep 
  circular 
  incision 
  in 
  the 
  bone. 
  

   Orientation: 
  head 
  southeast, 
  face 
  northeast, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  po- 
  

   sition. 
  Figure 
  10 
  shows 
  the 
  relative 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  objects 
  as 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  grave. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXVI, 
  pit 
  64, 
  trench 
  9, 
  was 
  at 
  33' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  

   This 
  grave 
  was 
  25" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  crumbling 
  skeleton 
  of 
  

   an 
  adult 
  and 
  a 
  broken 
  pot 
  of 
  poorly 
  tempered 
  clay, 
  probably 
  hastily 
  

   baked 
  for 
  the 
  burial, 
  and 
  5 
  triangular 
  arrowheads. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  

   lay 
  with 
  its 
  skull 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  face 
  north, 
  right 
  side 
  and 
  flexed 
  

   position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXVII, 
  pit 
  65, 
  was 
  in 
  trench 
  12 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  side 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  female. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  

   in 
  a 
  poor 
  condition 
  and 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  crushed 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  left 
  

   side. 
  A 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  south-southwest 
  before 
  the 
  orbits 
  was 
  a 
  pottery 
  

   vessel 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition 
  except 
  for 
  an 
  ancient 
  rim 
  break. 
  The 
  

   soil 
  in 
  trench 
  12 
  was 
  a 
  loose 
  gravel-mixed 
  sand 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  this 
  

   from 
  sliding 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  excavation 
  a 
  large 
  hole 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  dug. 
  

   A 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  top 
  before 
  the 
  grave 
  filling 
  was 
  

   removed 
  gave 
  the 
  top 
  dimensions 
  as 
  48" 
  by 
  58". 
  The 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  

  

  