﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  5II 
  

  

  served. 
  It 
  lay 
  upon 
  its 
  back 
  with 
  the 
  face 
  turned 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  but 
  

   otherwise 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  flexed 
  position/- 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  and 
  

   a 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  was 
  a 
  celt, 
  F520. 
  The 
  skull 
  lay 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  

   and 
  the 
  face 
  southwest. 
  Four 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  cranium 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  

   plate 
  17. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XCIII, 
  pit 
  133, 
  in 
  trench 
  18 
  at 
  2p' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  

   39" 
  deep. 
  Over 
  the 
  entire 
  grave 
  was 
  a 
  heavy 
  layer 
  of 
  black 
  car- 
  

   bonized 
  substances, 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  thickness. 
  The 
  fragile 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  

   female 
  lay 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  bottom. 
  Above 
  and 
  slightly 
  to 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  

   the 
  skull 
  was 
  a 
  crushed 
  vessel. 
  Before 
  the 
  face 
  were 
  flints, 
  steel, 
  

   F546, 
  graphite, 
  F545, 
  red 
  ocher 
  and 
  a 
  heap 
  of 
  incised 
  shell 
  tablets, 
  

   F617 
  [see 
  pi. 
  36, 
  fig. 
  1]. 
  A 
  necklace 
  of 
  discoidal 
  shell 
  beads, 
  F618, 
  

   encircled 
  the 
  neck 
  [see 
  pi. 
  14] 
  . 
  At 
  the 
  chin 
  as 
  if 
  once 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   circle 
  of 
  beads 
  were 
  2 
  shell 
  gorgets 
  and 
  a 
  pendant, 
  F516 
  [see 
  pi. 
  36, 
  

   fig. 
  2, 
  3, 
  7]. 
  On 
  the 
  middle 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  was 
  a 
  coiled 
  

   copper 
  ring. 
  The 
  soil 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  and 
  clay 
  mixed 
  gravel 
  and 
  sand 
  

   and 
  cementlike. 
  It 
  was 
  therefore 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  expose 
  and 
  re- 
  

   move 
  the 
  bones. 
  The 
  thin 
  skull 
  collapsed 
  when 
  lifted. 
  The 
  skele- 
  

   ton 
  lay 
  on 
  its 
  left 
  side, 
  flexed, 
  with 
  the 
  skull 
  pointing 
  south 
  and 
  the 
  

   face 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XCIV, 
  pit 
  134, 
  at 
  33' 
  on 
  the 
  east-central 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  18 
  

   was 
  42" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  female. 
  Owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  cementlike 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  here 
  and 
  the 
  fragility 
  of 
  the 
  

   bones 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  remove 
  them. 
  The 
  skull 
  which 
  was 
  

   crushed 
  was 
  taken 
  up 
  with 
  great 
  care 
  but 
  fell 
  apart. 
  A 
  broken 
  

   pot 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  occiput. 
  The 
  skull 
  headed 
  south 
  and 
  the 
  

   face 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  east. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  lay 
  on 
  its 
  right 
  side, 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XCV, 
  pit 
  135, 
  at 
  22' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  18 
  was 
  66 
  " 
  

   wide, 
  66 
  " 
  long 
  and 
  42" 
  deep. 
  Excavations 
  revealed 
  the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  

   an 
  adult 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  [see 
  pi. 
  13, 
  fig. 
  2]. 
  Between 
  the 
  skulls 
  

   was 
  a 
  crushed 
  and 
  broken 
  pot. 
  Near 
  the 
  shoulders 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  

   and 
  touching 
  the 
  radius 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  were 
  the 
  following 
  objects: 
  1 
  

   spatulate 
  water-washed 
  pebble, 
  4 
  flint 
  chips, 
  4 
  leaf-shaped 
  flint 
  

   blades, 
  1 
  oval 
  flint 
  knife, 
  3 
  chunks 
  of 
  flint, 
  10 
  triangular 
  arrow 
  

   points 
  and 
  1 
  scraper. 
  The 
  male 
  lay 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  pointing 
  toward 
  

   the 
  southeast 
  and 
  facing 
  the 
  southwest, 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  and 
  flexed 
  ; 
  

   the 
  female 
  on 
  its 
  back 
  with 
  face 
  up 
  and 
  skull 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  legs 
  

   flexed 
  to 
  the 
  southwest. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XCVI, 
  pit 
  136, 
  at 
  40' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  18 
  was 
  

   48" 
  deep. 
  Over 
  the 
  grave 
  was 
  a 
  shallow 
  ash 
  pit 
  in 
  which 
  was 
  

   found 
  a 
  bear's 
  tusk. 
  The 
  skull 
  pointed 
  toward 
  the 
  southeast, 
  the 
  

   face 
  down 
  and 
  the 
  body 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  flexed. 
  

  

  