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such articles, as were to be buried with it. In many cases stones 

 were heaped above the body and the grave was then filled in. 



Of the 59 burials, \6 skeletons were in the form of bundles 

 of bones. These "bundle burials" varied in character. A 

 typical bundle No. 12, consisted of the long bones of the arms 

 and legs, lying parallel, beneath which were the smaller bones, 

 the ribs, vertebrae, hand and foot bones, etc. At the eastern 

 end of the bundle was the skull. No. 38 was a jumble of bones, 

 with the skull at one end. No. 37 was an indiscriminate mass 

 of bones probably of several skeletons with two skulls. Nos. 

 55> 5 6, 57 and 58 were four skeletons arranged in a mass. The 

 four skulls lacking the lower jaws, were placed side by side. 

 The other bones of the skeletons had evidently been placed in 

 four packages on the southern side of the skulls and touching 

 them. Most of the long bones were parallel or nearly so. The 

 pelvic bones, however, and the lower jaws were not in any seem- 

 ing order. The leg and foot bones of two of the skeletons were 

 in position, showing that the skeletons were partly intact when 

 buried. 



Few articles accompanied these "bundle" burials. Of 16 

 so buried 4 had articles buried with them. 



But one skeleton, that of an adult, was found in an extended 

 position. It lay approximately E. and W. All the bones ex- 

 cepting the skull and the right arm were in position. Of these 

 the humerus lay six inches above the lumbar vertebrae, crossing 

 them. The remaining bones of the right arm and hand were in 

 position at the side of the body. The lower jaw covered the 

 cervical vertebrae. The skull was on the right side of the body, 

 opposite the dorsal vertebrae, 12 inches to the right and 6 inches 

 above them. 



The bodies buried in the flexed position seem to have been 

 those from the village, and it was evidently designed that such 

 burials should be permanent. 



The bundles of bones are skeletons of persons who were 

 buried temporarily, or allowed to lie above ground, until the 

 flesh had decomposed. After decomposition, the bones were 

 gathered, made into a bundle, and buried permanently in this 

 cemetery. In one case at least, a bundle of bones was buried 

 after the burial of a flexed body. No. 36 was lying in the usual 

 flexed position, all bones being in position, while No. 37 was a 



