1884.] Grave Mounds in North Carolina and East Tennessee. 237 
No. 5. Horizontal, head north-east, shell beads around the 
neck and two discoidal stones and one celt at the feet. 
No. 6. A communal grave containing at least twenty-five skel- 
etons, in two tiers, buried without any apparent regularity as to 
direction or relative position. Thirteen of the twenty-five were 
“ flat-heads ”—“ that is, the heads running back instead of up in 
the ordinary way.” 
Fic. 2.—R, T Léiole Burial Pit. 
Scattered through this grave, between and above the skeletons, 
Were polished celts, discoidal stones, shells, mica, galena, frag- 
ments of pottery and one whole pot. Around the neck and 
Pedi: of some of the skeletons were also shell beads. There 
eaa have been more than twenty-five individuals buried here, 
» however, being the number of skulls observed. 
___ “0.7. Horizontal, on the left side, head north-east; no imple- 
