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Notes on the Durials and Pottery Cache
Burial PO. 1: Located at mound base, square ‘7Ll to ‘X2, this
was a shallow burial pit eight inches below
mound base, and poorly defined here. The burial consisted of
a portion of a skull cap, mastoid bone, and two badly
disintegrated femora. Long bones were found in position two
feet from the skull fragment. It was a flexed burial (?) and
could be a bundle reburial. h’o burial furniture was found.
Burial ko. 2: This burial was located at approximately the mound
femora, tibiae, and arm bones.
base (see Burial Sketch); and consisted of skull,
The facial portion of the skull
was absent as the skull lay face down in the sand. Long bones
were so deteriorated they could not be removed. The burial uas
cataloged as a bundle reburial.
Burial h’o. 3: This burial showed up in profile and consisted of
only a badly deteriorated pile of long bones.
There was no discernible skull. Considerable root disturbance
at this point may have disrupted burial further. A few shell
beads (disc-shaped) were found nearby.
The relation of Burials No. 2 and Xo. 3 to the “pottery
cache” is described in the notes as follows:
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