﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  547 
  

  

  wood 
  and 
  bark 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  quantities 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  pits 
  and 
  the 
  

   pieces 
  varied 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  small 
  particles 
  to 
  chunks 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length 
  and 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  two 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Charred 
  corn 
  in 
  small 
  

   quantities 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  several 
  refuse 
  pits 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  variety 
  found 
  in 
  most 
  Iroquoian 
  sites. 
  A 
  few 
  beans, 
  

   squash 
  seeds, 
  hickory 
  nuts, 
  butternuts 
  and 
  plum, 
  stone 
  in 
  a 
  charred 
  

   condition 
  complete 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  foods 
  preserved 
  by 
  carbonization. 
  

   Charred 
  corn 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  graves 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  grave 
  

   the 
  decayed 
  handle 
  of 
  a 
  celt 
  was 
  found. 
  Charred 
  bark 
  and 
  wood 
  

   were 
  frequent 
  in 
  the 
  graves 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  what 
  seemed 
  a 
  bark 
  

   dish 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  one 
  grave. 
  A 
  long 
  wooden 
  stem, 
  probably 
  a 
  pipe 
  

   stem, 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  afterward 
  a 
  

   clumsy 
  visitor 
  stepped 
  upon 
  the 
  box 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  temporarily 
  

   placed 
  and 
  crushed 
  most 
  of 
  it. 
  A 
  small 
  section, 
  however, 
  remained. 
  

  

  Pigments 
  

  

  The 
  pigments 
  were 
  ochers, 
  graphite 
  and 
  bitumen 
  or 
  asphaltum. 
  

   Charcoal 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  included. 
  Quantities 
  of 
  red 
  ocher 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  graves 
  and 
  some 
  skeletons 
  lay 
  in 
  deposits 
  of 
  it. 
  In 
  

   other 
  graves 
  the 
  ocher 
  was 
  in 
  little 
  deposits 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  

   inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  bag 
  that 
  had 
  afterward 
  decayed. 
  

  

  Articles 
  found 
  in 
  vicinity 
  

   Objects 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ripley 
  but 
  which 
  were 
  

   not 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  are 
  the 
  following: 
  Of 
  the 
  older 
  occupations: 
  

   gouges, 
  grooved 
  axes, 
  mica 
  plates, 
  inscribed 
  stones, 
  monitor 
  pipes, 
  

   banner 
  stones, 
  bird 
  shaped 
  stones, 
  gorgets, 
  tubular 
  shell 
  beads, 
  etc. 
  ; 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  later 
  occupations 
  : 
  notched 
  and 
  shouldered 
  arrow 
  points 
  

   and 
  spears, 
  shell 
  beads 
  in 
  numbers, 
  wampum, 
  iron 
  tomahawks, 
  lead 
  

   objects, 
  copper 
  or 
  brass 
  arrow 
  points, 
  glass 
  beads, 
  etc. 
  

  

  