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turbed. Both arms of No. 71 extended toward the west; legs were missing. 
No. 72 lay west of No. 71. The skull apparently was displaced and the 
upper portion of vertebral column, scapulae, clavicles, arm bones, distal half 
of one femur, tibiae, and foot bones 'were missing. The bones of the upper 
portion of No. 73 also were missing; the femora lay with the proximal ends 
to the west, and the feet lay on the neck of No. 71. This skeleton possibly 
was buried full length. It may be the one found by Mr. White 'while 
digging a post hole, as a fence post stands where the upper part of the 
skeleton was expected to be found. A frontal bone and other parts of a 
skull, possibly of this skeleton, were found nearby, but nearer the surface. 
The bones of an infant (No. 80) lay near the right knee of the skeleton 
of a young woman (No. 79), possibly its mother. 
The burials were not in regular rows, although skeletons Nos. 1 to 13 
were in a nearly straight row across the bottom of the hill, and at nearly 
regular intervals. 
No attention seems to have been paid to the orientation of the graves, 
for the skeletons were lying in different directions (See Maps 1599 and 
1600, and table). 
A few of the bodies had been buried lying on their backs (Nos. 5, 8, 
9, 16, 26, 34, 67, 71, 75, and 76), but most of them ( See Table) were 
lying on either the right or left side. Those buried in a flexed position lying 
on their backs probably had the knees elevated at the time of burial, but 
when found the leg bones of Nos. 5 and 34 were lying on top of the other 
bones; those of No. 9 were lying flexed at the left side and those of Nos. 
8, 16, and 26 were on the right side. 
Six were buried lying on the abdomen (Nos. 2, 28, 59, 66, 72, and 77). 
No. 2 was buried carelessly with the legs flexed at a right angle to the 
right. 
Most of the skulls lay on one side, in many cases bent forward, but 
that of No. 50 was bent backward. Six were placed with face up, eight 
had the face down, four were inverted, and two were vertical. 
The arms of many of the skeletons were sharply flexed, one arm more 
closely than the other in some cases. The elbows of Nos. 53 and 60 rested 
on the knees. In a few cases one arm was flexed and the other lay either 
across the chest (Nos. 16, 26, 42, 55, and 67) or along one side (No. 61) 
with the hands on the hip (No. 14), or across the legs (No. 51), or near 
the feet (No. 56), or below the legs (No. 66). The right arm of skeleton 
No. 28 (See Plate XIX, figure 1) was loosely flexed across the chest and the 
left was extended, with the hand between the legs. Three other skeletons 
(Nos. 24, 31, and 49) had the arms crossed on the chest; the right hand 
of No. 49 rested on the shoulder and the left hand extended beyond the 
right humerus. The right arm of skeleton No. 2 lay akimbo at the side and 
the left across the chest, with the fingers under the radius of the right arm. 
The position of the hands of other skeletons depended on the amount of 
flexing of the arms, but they were in most cases on or near the face or the 
chest, some of them with the fingers extended. In one case one hand was 
over the shoulder (No. 16), in another near the knees (No. 64), in another 
on the forehead (No. 59), and in two others (Nos. 76 and 77) on the side 
of the head or neck. In two cases (Nos. 7 and 62) both hands had been 
placed with palms together on one side of the head. 
