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the surface, head S. Trunk above pelvis and cranium alone remained, the rest 

 having been cut away by Burial No. 19. 



21. — A burial, 3 feet below No. 20, lying on the black basal layer, was much 

 massed together, the greater part of the bones being in anatomical order, others, 

 however, being out of place. An astragalus and its os calcis, separated, lay on the 

 skull. The left humerus was across the skull with no forearm bones in connection. 

 The mandible was separated from the cranium. This burial (sex not determined) 

 had evidently been partially held together by ligaments when, after previous 

 exposure, it was interred in the mound. 



22. — 12 feet E. by S., crushed skeletons of three children with shell beads and 

 a few small shells {Olive lid) longitudinally perforated. The remains lay in the 

 surface shell layer 1 foot down. 



23. — 19 feet N. of E., 3 feet down on the black base-layer, a skeleton of a male 

 in the position of one who, crouching, had fallen forward. Right arm along side, 

 forearm across and under body; left arm along side, forearm extending from body. 

 Thighs flexed sharply along side of trunk, with legs flexed back along thighs, 

 throwing feet under pelvis. 



C. — 1 foot N. of No. 23, on same level was a large portion of a cord-marked 

 bowl filled with black loam many shades darker than the surrounding black sand, 

 and containing the bottom of a vessel stamped in small squares. This base had a 

 sort of projection at one end, possibly made intentionally and may have served as 

 a dish. 



24. — 21 feet N. of E., skeleton of adult male, 3 feet from surface, practically 

 in the same position as No. 23, head S. E., 3 feet from surface. 



25. — 23 feet N. E., a grave filled with oyster shells, running through the brown 

 sand to base of mound, a vertical distance of 3 feet. This grave may have been 

 dug while the shell layer was in process of formation. The surface showed no 

 depression. Resting on the base of the grave was the skeleton of an adult male, in 

 a sitting position, facing N. E. 



26. — A grave 23 feet N. E., 4 feet in depth from the surface and 2 feet 6 inches 

 from the bottom of the shell layer. The grave went through and extended beyond 

 the black line of the base, a distance of 14 inches. On the bottom was a skeleton 

 of uncertain sex, head N., an ordinary flexed burial. 



27. — 19 feet N. by W., a grave two feet across. Surface of mound to bottom 

 of grave which extended 10 inches below the base line, 4 feet 9 inches. This grave, 

 filled with brown sand without oyster shells, contained skeleton, probably female of 

 about 20 years of age, in a sitting position, facing S. W. 



28. — 6 feet S. of E., skeleton of uncertain sex, 1 foot down in shell, head N. 

 A portion of this skeleton fell in caved sand. 



29. — 22 feet E. by N., skeleton of female, head N. ; an ordinary flexed burial, 

 4 feet beneath surface on the base of a grave composed of dark brown sand, which 

 ran into the yellow sand 9 inches below the bottom of the black base layer, which, 

 at this place, was 9 inches thick. 



30. — 17 feet E., a skeleton of an adult male, 3 feet from the surface, on back, 



