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charcoal remained. The skeleton lay on the left side. In association was sand, 

 pink from hematite. The remains lay at a depth of 2 feet below the surface of 

 the mound which was here but little above the surrounding level. 



3. Skeleton of female on left side. Depth 2 feet 4 inches. 



4. Skeleton of male on back. Remains of a fire along the left side. Face- 

 bones and others in contact with the flames, considerably burnt. This skeleton, at 

 the extreme margin, was 3 feet from the surface, or about that depth below the 

 level of the field. It was doubtless a grave, as unquestionably, we think, were the 

 other deep marginal burials in anatomical order. 



4a. Twenty-one inches from the surface was an undecorated vessel with 

 inverted rim, intact. Its height is 4.1 inches ; its maximum diameter, 10.2 inches ; 

 its diameter of opening, 7.5 inches. Within it were the remains or a portion of the 

 remains of the skeleton of an infant, in minute fragments, burnt and calcined. 



With these burnt fragments were a number of shell beads showing no trace of fire 

 — evidently added subsequent to the cremation. This bowl had apparently been 

 placed upright on a small heap of sand in such a manner that a larger undecorated 

 vessel inverted and placed over it, the inside of the bottom of the larger vessel 

 in contact with the top of the small one, prevented all ingress of sand as shown in 

 the section (Fig. 28). The dimensions of this larger vessel are : height 6.8 inches ; 

 diameter 13.5 inches. In shape the vessel is about square with rounded corners. 



5. Skeleton of female on back. Depth 3 feet. 



6. Skeleton of undetermined sex. Depth 22 inches. The position of this 

 skeleton, disturbed by the digger, was not determined. About 2 feet distant were 

 many fragments of a large vessel with stamped decoration. 



7. Skeleton of uncertain sex, 31 inches down. Trunk on the back, legs to the 



