﻿5IO 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  side 
  but 
  otherwise 
  in 
  good 
  shape.' 
  When 
  the 
  skull 
  was 
  emptied 
  two 
  

   vertebrae 
  and 
  three 
  phalanges 
  fell 
  from 
  it. 
  These 
  had 
  probably 
  

   been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  skull 
  by 
  some 
  small 
  rodent, 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  whose 
  

   burrow 
  were 
  found 
  circling 
  the 
  pot. 
  An 
  ash 
  pit 
  20'' 
  deep 
  was 
  

   over 
  this 
  grave. 
  The 
  skull 
  pointed 
  south 
  and 
  faced 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  

   skeleton 
  lay 
  on 
  its 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXXIII, 
  pit 
  128, 
  in 
  trench 
  17 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  found 
  

   directly 
  beneath 
  a 
  plum 
  tree 
  and 
  therefore 
  the 
  skeleton 
  could 
  not 
  

   be 
  properly 
  exposed. 
  Within 
  the 
  grave 
  at 
  49" 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  

   was 
  found 
  a 
  female 
  skeleton. 
  At 
  the 
  occiput 
  was 
  a 
  pottery 
  vessel 
  

   of 
  the 
  corded 
  type. 
  The 
  skull 
  pointed 
  east, 
  faced 
  north, 
  and 
  the 
  

   skeleton 
  lay 
  flexed 
  upon 
  its 
  left 
  side. 
  

  

  Grave 
  LXXXIX, 
  pit 
  129, 
  at 
  67' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  VJ 
  

   was 
  60" 
  by 
  62" 
  and 
  42" 
  deep. 
  In 
  this 
  grave 
  were 
  2 
  female 
  skele- 
  

   tons 
  The 
  eastmost 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  upon 
  its 
  back 
  with 
  the 
  face 
  up 
  

   and 
  the 
  inferior 
  maxillary 
  dropped 
  upon 
  the 
  vertebrae 
  The 
  west- 
  

   most 
  lay 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  position. 
  Orientation: 
  eastmost, 
  head 
  south- 
  

   east, 
  face 
  up, 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed; 
  westmost, 
  head 
  southeast, 
  face 
  

   northeast, 
  right 
  side, 
  tightly 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XC, 
  pit 
  130, 
  at 
  67' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  17 
  was 
  

   separated 
  from 
  pit 
  123 
  by 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  2' 
  6". 
  The 
  grave 
  was 
  60 
  

   long 
  48" 
  wide 
  and 
  52" 
  deep. 
  Upon 
  the 
  bottom 
  was 
  a 
  female 
  skele- 
  

   ton 
  crushed 
  and 
  flattened. 
  On 
  the 
  middle 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  

   was 
  a 
  coiled 
  brass 
  ring. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   <=ame 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  left 
  hand 
  also. 
  The 
  right 
  hand 
  was 
  held 
  flat 
  

   over 
  the 
  forehead 
  and 
  the 
  copper 
  salts 
  from 
  the 
  ring 
  had 
  preserved 
  

   a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  fine 
  black 
  hair 
  and 
  the 
  scalp 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  [see 
  pi. 
  37, 
  "g. 
  8], 
  also 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  deerskin 
  and 
  a 
  frag- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  some 
  bark 
  fabric, 
  both 
  perhaps 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  burial 
  shroud. 
  

   The 
  skull 
  pointed 
  to 
  the 
  southeast, 
  the 
  face 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  and 
  the 
  

   skeleton 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XCI, 
  pit 
  131, 
  at 
  66' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  l 
  7 
  was 
  40 
  

   deep 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  female. 
  A 
  crushed 
  

   pot 
  containing 
  the 
  cracked 
  bones 
  of 
  a 
  deer 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  occiput 
  

   Over 
  the 
  grave 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  shallow 
  pocket 
  filled 
  with 
  charcoal 
  and 
  

   ashes 
  This 
  perhaps 
  was 
  a 
  true 
  burial, 
  or 
  grave 
  fire 
  pit. 
  The 
  skele- 
  

   ton 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed, 
  with 
  the 
  skull 
  east 
  and 
  the 
  face 
  

  

  north. 
  ' 
  ... 
  A 
  „„ 
  

  

  Grave 
  XCII, 
  pit 
  132, 
  in 
  trench 
  17 
  at 
  70' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  47 
  

   deep. 
  In 
  this 
  grave 
  was 
  the 
  skeletonj^ajemaleja 
  irly 
  well 
  pre- 
  

  

  1 
  This 
  pot 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  site. 
  

  

  