﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  509 
  

  

  Before 
  the 
  sternum 
  were 
  10 
  triangular 
  flint 
  arrow 
  points, 
  i 
  per- 
  

   forator, 
  1 
  scraper, 
  2 
  flint 
  flakes 
  and 
  1 
  white 
  spear 
  or 
  knife 
  of 
  

   white 
  translucent 
  chalcedony 
  [see 
  fig. 
  21]. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXVII, 
  pit 
  122, 
  at 
  25' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  17 
  

   was 
  a 
  clearly 
  defined 
  grave 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  visible 
  vestige 
  of 
  

   human 
  remains. 
  The 
  grave 
  was 
  48" 
  deep. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXVIII, 
  pit 
  123, 
  at 
  33' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  17 
  

   was 
  48" 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  exfoliating 
  remains 
  of 
  2 
  

   young 
  females. 
  At 
  the 
  occiput 
  of 
  skeleton 
  2 
  was 
  a 
  crushed 
  pot. 
  

   While 
  examining 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  grave 
  another 
  skeleton 
  was 
  

   discovered 
  lying 
  6" 
  beneath. 
  Around 
  the 
  cranium 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  

   skeleton 
  were 
  arranged 
  4 
  hammer 
  stones 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  semicircle. 
  

   The 
  sex 
  of 
  this 
  skeleton 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  determined 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   condition 
  of 
  the 
  bones. 
  Skeletons 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  headed 
  east, 
  faced 
  south 
  

   and 
  lay 
  flexed 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  sides. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXIX, 
  pit 
  124, 
  at 
  33' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  17 
  was 
  

   3^/2' 
  distant 
  from 
  grave 
  pit 
  123. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  

   male. 
  It 
  lay 
  with 
  the 
  skull 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  the 
  face 
  south, 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  

   side 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXX, 
  pit 
  125, 
  at 
  44' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  was 
  

   a 
  small 
  grave 
  24" 
  wide, 
  34" 
  long 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  

   an 
  infant's 
  pelvis 
  and 
  a 
  crumbling 
  vertebrae 
  were 
  all 
  that 
  remained 
  

   of 
  the 
  skeleton. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  bones 
  was 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  charred 
  wood 
  

   and 
  bark. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXXI, 
  pit 
  126, 
  at 
  47' 
  in 
  trench 
  17 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  trench 
  contained 
  the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  2 
  males 
  of 
  mature 
  years 
  [see 
  

   pi. 
  13, 
  fig. 
  1]. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  of 
  the 
  southmost 
  skeleton 
  

   was 
  a 
  cord-marked 
  vessel 
  [see 
  pi. 
  30, 
  fig. 
  3], 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  occiput 
  of 
  

   the 
  northmost 
  was 
  a 
  broken 
  vessel. 
  Midway 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  was 
  

   a 
  round 
  water-washed 
  pebble 
  stained 
  with 
  red 
  ocher. 
  At 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  of 
  the 
  northmost 
  was 
  a 
  scapula 
  and 
  humerus 
  and 
  reaching 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  right 
  leg 
  of 
  the 
  southmost 
  was 
  an 
  ulna 
  and 
  a 
  radius, 
  

   the 
  bones 
  of 
  an 
  arm 
  not 
  belonging 
  to 
  either 
  skeleton. 
  In 
  the 
  lower 
  

   leg 
  of 
  the 
  southmost 
  skeleton 
  was 
  an 
  arrowhead 
  of 
  unusual 
  mate- 
  

   rial. 
  The 
  tip 
  had 
  been 
  broken 
  off 
  but 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  tibia. 
  

   Orientation 
  : 
  southmost, 
  skull 
  northeast, 
  face 
  northwest, 
  right 
  side, 
  

   flexed 
  position; 
  northmost, 
  head 
  southeast, 
  face 
  southwest, 
  left 
  side, 
  

   tightly 
  'flexed. 
  

  

  % 
  Grave 
  LXXXII, 
  pit 
  127, 
  at 
  55' 
  .in 
  the 
  middle 
  trench 
  17 
  was 
  42" 
  

   wide, 
  48" 
  long 
  and 
  48" 
  deep. 
  The 
  crumbling 
  skeleton, 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  

   a 
  male. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  pot 
  cracked 
  on 
  one 
  

  

  