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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  head 
  to 
  the 
  southwest, 
  face 
  northwest, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  

   position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXVIII, 
  pit 
  67, 
  was 
  at 
  io' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  12 
  

   and 
  measured 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  52" 
  by 
  J2" 
  . 
  The 
  soil 
  was 
  a 
  light 
  loose 
  

   sand. 
  Ash 
  pit 
  66 
  was 
  found 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  grave. 
  It 
  was 
  48" 
  

   in 
  diameter 
  and 
  36" 
  deep 
  and 
  filled 
  with 
  fire-broken 
  pebbles, 
  split 
  

   and 
  cracked 
  animal 
  bones 
  and 
  carbonized 
  wood 
  intermixed 
  with 
  

   ashes 
  and 
  sand. 
  Amongst 
  this 
  refuse 
  were 
  numerous 
  potsherds, 
  an 
  

   elk 
  tooth, 
  3 
  bone 
  awls, 
  imperfect, 
  and 
  1 
  awl 
  large 
  and 
  well 
  made. 
  

   There 
  were 
  also 
  several 
  lumps 
  of 
  clay. 
  The 
  pit 
  is 
  probably 
  in- 
  

   trusive 
  at 
  a 
  period 
  later 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  burial 
  [see 
  text 
  fig. 
  11]. 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  11 
  Diagram 
  of 
  grave 
  XXXVIII 
  

  

  The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  16" 
  below 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  ash 
  pit. 
  The 
  

   skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  fairly 
  good 
  condition, 
  

   but 
  the 
  skull 
  had 
  been 
  flattened 
  and 
  crushed 
  by 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  

   earth. 
  A 
  crushed 
  vessel 
  lay 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  

   head 
  south-southeast, 
  face 
  north 
  -northeast, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position 
  

   [see 
  pi. 
  10]. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XXXIX, 
  pit 
  68, 
  at 
  15' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  12 
  almost 
  

   touched 
  grave 
  XXXVIII. 
  It 
  was 
  somewhat 
  smaller 
  in 
  dimensions, 
  

   being 
  36" 
  by 
  48" 
  and 
  32" 
  deep. 
  It 
  held 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  child 
  

   of 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  years. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  condition 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  

   no 
  fibulae 
  or 
  tibii. 
  The 
  spine 
  was 
  noticeably 
  curved 
  and 
  in 
  Other 
  

   ways 
  the 
  skeleton 
  seemed 
  peculiar. 
  Orientation: 
  head 
  east, 
  face 
  

   north, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XL, 
  pit 
  69, 
  at 
  20' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  12 
  was 
  42" 
  

   deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  human 
  remains. 
  A 
  pitcher-shaped 
  

   pot 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  excavation 
  [see 
  pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  4]. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLI, 
  pit 
  86, 
  at 
  55' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  10 
  was 
  53" 
  

   deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  badly 
  crumbled. 
  10" 
  before 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  

  

  