﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  5OI 
  

  

  was 
  a 
  small 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  with 
  one 
  projecting 
  and 
  raised 
  point, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  pot 
  being 
  decorated 
  with 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  a 
  cord-wrapped 
  

   paddle 
  [pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  6]. 
  Directly 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  a 
  

   pottery 
  pipe 
  of 
  the 
  trumpet 
  shape 
  [pi. 
  31, 
  fig. 
  5] 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  

   pot 
  and 
  the 
  pipe 
  were 
  a 
  celt, 
  a 
  chisel 
  of 
  shale, 
  a 
  worked 
  beaver's 
  

   incisor, 
  a 
  flint 
  and 
  steel 
  and 
  several 
  worked 
  bones 
  much 
  decayed. 
  

   The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  clay 
  stratum 
  which 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  

   poor 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  osseous 
  matter. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  east, 
  face 
  

   north, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLII, 
  pit 
  87, 
  at 
  56' 
  in 
  trench 
  10 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  

   34" 
  deep. 
  No 
  bones 
  besides 
  a 
  few 
  molar 
  caps 
  of 
  an 
  infant 
  of 
  6 
  or 
  

   8 
  were 
  found. 
  A 
  large 
  pottery 
  vessel, 
  F444 
  [pi. 
  29, 
  fig. 
  1], 
  with 
  an 
  

   ancient 
  rim 
  break 
  and 
  showing 
  signs 
  of 
  prolonged 
  use 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  

   one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  excavation 
  near 
  the 
  teeth. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLIII, 
  pit 
  88, 
  was 
  between 
  pits 
  86 
  and 
  87, 
  at 
  56' 
  in 
  trench 
  

   10. 
  In 
  the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  48" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  deposit 
  

   of 
  fine 
  bone 
  dust 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  clay. 
  Pottery 
  vessel 
  F443 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  grave 
  [pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  5]. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLIV, 
  pit 
  89, 
  was 
  at 
  67' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  trench 
  10. 
  On 
  

   the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  38" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  lay 
  a 
  disintegrating 
  adult 
  

   skeleton 
  too 
  soft 
  and 
  brittle 
  for 
  removal. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  objects 
  in 
  

   the 
  grave. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  west, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed 
  

   position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLV, 
  pit 
  90, 
  at 
  65' 
  in 
  trench 
  1.0 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  contained 
  

   a 
  crumbling 
  adult 
  skeleton 
  resting 
  in 
  the 
  clay 
  stratum. 
  The 
  grave 
  

   bottom 
  was 
  lined 
  with 
  charred 
  bark 
  and 
  was 
  40" 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  south, 
  face 
  west, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLVI, 
  pit 
  91, 
  in 
  trench 
  15 
  was 
  48" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  

   decayed 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  adult. 
  Before 
  the 
  face 
  were 
  two 
  badly 
  

   broken 
  vessels 
  made 
  of 
  poorly 
  tempered 
  pottery. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  

   east 
  and 
  west 
  with 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  the 
  face 
  north, 
  

   on 
  its 
  right 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLVII, 
  pit 
  92, 
  at 
  84' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  10 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  the 
  decayed 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  aged 
  adult 
  male. 
  It 
  lay 
  with 
  

   the 
  head 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  face 
  south, 
  left 
  side 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  flexed 
  position 
  

   [see 
  pi. 
  11].' 
  The 
  skull 
  was 
  badly 
  broken 
  but 
  of 
  some 
  scientific 
  

   value. 
  The 
  spinal 
  column 
  was 
  completely 
  ossified 
  and 
  was 
  removed 
  

   intact. 
  Near 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  double 
  edged 
  celt 
  [text 
  

   fig. 
  12], 
  above 
  the 
  skull, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  was 
  a 
  beautiful 
  pottery 
  

   vessel, 
  typically 
  Erian 
  in 
  form, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  raised 
  rim 
  point 
  [pi. 
  29, 
  

   fig. 
  2, 
  also 
  text 
  fig. 
  13], 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  stem 
  hole 
  

  

  