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The bundles were then placed end to end in a large quadrangle and 

 covered with other sacrificial earth and with the regulation ceremo- 

 nial fire strata, showing that these re-burials were prepared with as 

 much care and ceremony as were burials in the flesh. 



From the lower part of this cache were taken certain fragmen- 

 tary remains showing the partial cremation of some of these bones 

 before deposition here. Whether this partial cremation was inten- 

 tional or accidental it is, of course, impossible to say. It is prob- 

 able that forest or prairie fires might have partially destroyed the 

 bones while they were yet in the trees, on the scaffolds, or after they 

 had fallen to the ground. It seems as likely, however, that when 

 the bones were collected from these aerial burials they were sub- 

 jected to a ceremony of purification by fire in which these few bones 

 were partially burned, either accidentally or intentionally. Such 

 a practice may perhaps be a remnant of the custom of partial cre- 

 mation just described as occurring in the ancient effigy mounds. 



From the same level in this ossuary came, also, the unique 

 speciment shown in plate XIX. This is the right lobe of the pelvis 

 of a man with a quartzite arrowhead piercing it and firmly imbedded 

 in it. The wound was received from the front and was undoubtedly 

 the cause of death as shown by the condition of the bone, and as 

 would be expected from such a piercing of the viscera. 



INTRUDED AND INTRUSIVE BURIALS 



Another very unusual type of burial is what we have termed 

 the "intruded" burial which occurred in mound No. 5. The orig- 

 inal mound here was a filled intaglio of bear form over which a 

 much larger panther effigy was later built. The bear intaglio was 

 filled by its builders to a point only slightly above the level of the 

 present surrounding land surface and may represent a low form 

 similar to other bear mounds in this same group. Later a pit was 

 dug in it, possibly by a different people. It extended below the 

 bottom of the original excavation and here two small children were 

 buried in each other's arms. They were placed on top of the re- 

 mains of a very carefully made ceremonial fire, and the strata above 

 them were entirely different from those of the original excavation, 

 showing that this burial had been placed here after the bear mound 







