﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  507 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXV, 
  pit 
  m, 
  at 
  69/ 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  15 
  was 
  

   42 
  " 
  wide, 
  48" 
  long 
  and 
  40" 
  deep. 
  It 
  held 
  an 
  adult 
  skeleton. 
  In 
  

   the 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  charred 
  wood 
  and 
  bark 
  2" 
  thick. 
  

   The 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  with 
  the 
  skull 
  pointing 
  east, 
  the 
  face 
  south, 
  on 
  its 
  

   left 
  side 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXVI, 
  pit 
  112, 
  at 
  70' 
  in 
  trench 
  15 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  

   52" 
  long, 
  40" 
  wide 
  and 
  72" 
  deep. 
  It 
  held 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  female, 
  

   the 
  bones 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  poorly 
  preserved. 
  The 
  skull 
  lay 
  to 
  the 
  

   east, 
  the 
  face 
  north, 
  and 
  the 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  on 
  its 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  

   as 
  usual. 
  South 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  scapula 
  was 
  a 
  pottery 
  vessel, 
  F480. 
  

   Over 
  the 
  grave 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pit 
  containing 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  ashes, 
  char- 
  

   coal, 
  charred 
  corn 
  and 
  a 
  bear's 
  tooth. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXVII, 
  pit 
  113, 
  at 
  55' 
  in 
  trench 
  8 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  

   52" 
  long, 
  48" 
  wide 
  and 
  63" 
  deep. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  state 
  

   of 
  preservation. 
  It 
  lay 
  with 
  the 
  skull 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  the 
  face 
  south, 
  

   on 
  its 
  right 
  side 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  flexed 
  position. 
  Before 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  12" 
  

   from 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  Erie 
  pottery, 
  F476, 
  and 
  a 
  lump 
  

   of 
  red 
  ocher. 
  The 
  pot 
  is 
  figured 
  in 
  plate 
  26, 
  figure 
  2. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXIX, 
  pit 
  114, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  8 
  at 
  60' 
  was 
  

   60" 
  wide, 
  52" 
  long 
  and 
  54" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  

   an 
  adult 
  and 
  child. 
  Between 
  the 
  two 
  skulls 
  was 
  a 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  

   which 
  rested 
  in 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  red 
  ocher. 
  The 
  skulls 
  lay 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  

   the 
  faces 
  south, 
  each 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  flexed 
  posi- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXX, 
  pit 
  115, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  8 
  at 
  50' 
  was 
  54" 
  

   wide, 
  60" 
  long 
  and 
  42" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  an 
  

   adult 
  and 
  2 
  infants. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  poor 
  condition 
  and 
  were 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  no 
  objects. 
  The 
  female 
  skeleton 
  seems, 
  by 
  the 
  

   position 
  of 
  the 
  skeletons, 
  to 
  have 
  clasped 
  both 
  infants 
  in 
  her 
  arms. 
  

   Orientation: 
  skulls 
  northeast, 
  faces 
  southeast, 
  left 
  sides, 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXI, 
  pit 
  116, 
  in 
  trench 
  8 
  at 
  66' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  

   66" 
  long, 
  48" 
  wide 
  and 
  60" 
  deep. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  male 
  

   and 
  comparatively 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  condition 
  but 
  very 
  brittle. 
  The 
  skull 
  

   as 
  it 
  lay 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  measured 
  from 
  the 
  occiput 
  to 
  the 
  glabella 
  

   203 
  millimeters. 
  When 
  removed 
  the 
  skull 
  came 
  apart 
  at 
  the 
  sutures. 
  

   Before 
  the 
  face 
  were 
  5 
  triangular 
  arrow 
  points 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  2 
  

   in 
  the 
  right 
  hand. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  objects 
  near 
  the 
  sternum, 
  

   parts 
  of 
  2 
  bone 
  implements, 
  fragments 
  of 
  beaver 
  teeth, 
  flints 
  and 
  a 
  

   few 
  chips. 
  A 
  deposit 
  of 
  red 
  ocher 
  lay 
  beneath 
  the 
  right 
  cheek. 
  

   Orientation 
  : 
  skull 
  north, 
  face 
  west, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXII, 
  pit 
  117, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  central 
  of 
  trench 
  8 
  was 
  58" 
  

   deep. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  aged 
  male 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  tightly 
  

  

  