﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  503 
  

  

  Grave 
  LI, 
  pit 
  96, 
  at 
  102' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  10 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  

   grave 
  [see 
  pi. 
  12]. 
  The 
  topsoil 
  was 
  removed 
  and 
  the 
  grave 
  area 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  72" 
  by 
  78". 
  At 
  36" 
  the 
  rim 
  of 
  a 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  was 
  

   touched 
  by 
  the 
  trowel, 
  indicating 
  the 
  proximity 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  bottom. 
  

   The 
  overlying 
  soil 
  was 
  carefully 
  removed 
  with 
  army 
  trowels 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  14 
  Effigy 
  pipe 
  from 
  grave 
  XLVII, 
  pit 
  92 
  

  

  skeletons 
  cleaned 
  and 
  brushed. 
  The 
  remains 
  of 
  4 
  skeletons 
  lay 
  in 
  

   the 
  grave 
  bottom, 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  aged 
  female, 
  2 
  children 
  aged 
  about 
  

   10 
  and 
  12 
  years, 
  respectively, 
  and 
  the 
  skull-less 
  remains 
  of 
  what 
  

   seemed 
  a 
  male 
  skeleton. 
  The 
  northmost 
  skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   child 
  of 
  about 
  12 
  years. 
  Above 
  its 
  crushed 
  skull 
  was 
  a 
  badly 
  

   broken 
  pottery 
  vessel. 
  The 
  second 
  skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  

   and 
  was 
  likewise 
  in 
  a 
  poor 
  state 
  of 
  preservation. 
  Above 
  the 
  fore- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  15 
  Small 
  cup 
  from 
  grave 
  

   LI, 
  pit 
  96 
  

  

  head, 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  broken 
  pot, 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  a 
  

   cuplike 
  vessel 
  [text 
  fig. 
  15] 
  with 
  two 
  smaller 
  cups 
  turned 
  with 
  

   mouths 
  down 
  over 
  it. 
  Near 
  the 
  dorsal 
  vertebra 
  between 
  this 
  skele- 
  

  

  