﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  505 
  

  

  Grave 
  LVH, 
  pit 
  102, 
  in 
  trench 
  16 
  at 
  15' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  lay 
  on 
  

   the 
  trench 
  line. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  found 
  24" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  

   was 
  badly 
  root-eaten 
  and 
  crumbled. 
  The 
  superciliary 
  ridges 
  over 
  

   the 
  orbits 
  of 
  the 
  crushed 
  skull 
  indicated 
  that 
  the 
  remains 
  were 
  those 
  

   of 
  a 
  male. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  were 
  two 
  typical 
  Ripley- 
  Erie 
  pots. 
  

   Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  north, 
  face 
  east, 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LVIII, 
  pit 
  103, 
  was 
  a 
  burial 
  at 
  20' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  trench 
  

   16. 
  At 
  22 
  " 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  crumbling 
  

   root-eaten 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  adult. 
  At 
  the 
  occiput 
  was 
  a 
  broken 
  pot 
  

   of 
  unusual 
  form 
  and 
  decoration. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  

   north, 
  face 
  west, 
  right 
  side 
  and 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LIX, 
  pit 
  104, 
  was 
  over 
  the 
  trench 
  line 
  of 
  trench 
  16 
  at 
  24'. 
  

   There 
  was 
  a 
  light 
  deposit 
  of 
  bone 
  dust 
  but 
  no 
  " 
  grave 
  dirt." 
  

  

  Grave 
  LX, 
  pit 
  105, 
  west 
  beyond 
  LIX 
  was 
  outside 
  of 
  trench 
  16 
  

   in 
  a 
  projecting 
  point 
  of 
  sand. 
  A 
  disintegrating 
  skeleton 
  was 
  found 
  

   24 
  " 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  crumbled 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  them. 
  A 
  stone 
  pipe 
  of 
  

   unusual 
  form 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  excavation. 
  The 
  

  

  Fig. 
  16 
  Pot 
  from 
  grave 
  LX, 
  pit 
  105 
  

  

  pipe, 
  F472, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  bear's 
  claw 
  [see 
  

   pi. 
  22, 
  fig. 
  4]. 
  7" 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  a 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  of 
  an 
  un- 
  

   usual 
  form, 
  F471 
  [text 
  fig. 
  16]. 
  Between 
  the 
  pot 
  and 
  the 
  pipe 
  lay 
  

   a 
  deposit 
  of 
  bone 
  dust. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXI, 
  pit 
  106, 
  at 
  44' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  15 
  was 
  a 
  

   grave 
  with 
  top 
  dimensions 
  of 
  66" 
  by 
  72". 
  At 
  56" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  

   the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  clay 
  stratum. 
  At 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   was 
  a 
  black 
  deposit 
  of 
  animal 
  phosphate, 
  black 
  and 
  clayey. 
  There 
  

  

  