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CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



level, charcoal was mingled with the sand to a depth of 8 feet. Locally through- 

 out the mound were fireplaces occasionally containing small fragments of bones, 

 human and of the lower animals. 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



Skeletal remains were found at every depth, though very widely separated. 



Fig. 68. Implement of chert, larger mound, Beauclerc. 

 (Full size.) 



Fig. 69. Section of same. 



The form of burial was the bunched variety, and the bones were in the last stage 

 of decay, at times represented by fragments only. 



