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Burial No. 6i, Vessel K, 21 feet E. by S., 2 feet 5 inches down, a vessel 

 crushed to small fragments, among which lay bits of calcined human bones. 



Vessel L, 21 feet S. E., 2 feet down, just below a local layer of oyster shells. 

 was an imperforate, undecorated dish, with a maximum diameter of 4.5 inches, a 

 height of 2.1 inches. This little vessel, a flattened cone in shape, was entirely 

 unassociated. 



Vessel M, 22 feet S. by E., a large undecorated vessel in small fragments. 



Burial No. 7, Vessel N, 18 feet S. by E., a somewhat broken vessel of the usual 

 type, with perforated base, containing the bones of an infant, unaffected by fire, 

 apparently in anatomical order. Just above the skull (the bones lay at the bottom 

 of the vessel) was a large fragment, of earthenware not sufficient in size, however, 

 to prevent the entrance of sand. This vessel was sent to the Museum of the 

 University of Pennsylvania. 



XX, 21 feet S. E., a layer of oyster shells calcined to a white powder, 3 feet 

 by 7 feet and 4 to 5 inches thick. At one point were bits of charcoal. The outer 

 margin of this layer was 20 inches from the surface. A gradual slope carried its 

 terminal margin to a level 1 foot higher. 



Burial No. 8, 23 feet S. of E., skeleton of a young person, flexed on the right 

 side, head S. 



Vessel 0, 26 feet E., a vessel of the ordinary type, extremely rotten and 

 fragmentary. 



Vessel P, 21 feet S. of E., an imperforate vessel of the common type, but of 

 rather better and thicker material than usual, though crushed to fragments. This 

 vessel, which had doubtless held an infant's skeleton (though no remnants were 

 apparent) was capped by a number of large fragments which had formed parts of 

 an undecorated bowl. These, with the fragments of Vessel P, were sent to the 

 Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., where they have been carefully put together. 



Burial No. 9, Vessel Q, 29 feet N. E. by E., 1 foot 4 inches from the surface, 

 a vessel of the usual type, imperforate, containing decaying remnants of an infant's 

 skull. The body of the vessel was crushed to small fragments. 



Burial No. 10, Vessel Ra, 29 feet N. E. by E., a vessel of the usual type, 

 18 inches from the surface, 17 inches of which was the unbroken layer of oyster 

 shells. It ran 14 inches into the undisturbed yellow sand (the reader will recall 

 that the depth given is taken from the upper margin), where an excavation had 

 been made to receive it. Its base contained a small, neatly cut perforation large 

 enough to admit the first joint of the little finger. In the sand at the bottom there 

 remained one deciduous tooth. 



Above Ra, inverted, was a bowl of black ware (Rb) somewhat broken, the 

 upper part having incised decoration ; the lower, intricate stamped decoration (Plate 

 X). Approximate measurements: diameter, 12.75 inches; diameter of opening, 

 12 inches; height, 5.75 inches. 



Burial No. 11, Vessel Sa, 19 feet E., a vessel of the usual type, badly crushed 

 and broken. At the bottom were fragments of human bone so decayed as to 



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