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‘I... Today removed the critical five foot square
inmediately north of the axis trench. In this area,
actually in west half of the square, no less than
five +estorabler vessels and one polished greenstone
celt were found (Plate h'o. 1). Total area
covered by the cache definitely localized in two
five-foot squares in the east mound periphery. The
celt is a fine serpentine or greenstone, oval in
cross-section, the blade ground down clean, neatly
polished throughout. The pottery from this extended
portion of the cache continues to show predominance
of check stamped with two large plain bowls. The
plain ware is burnished, smoothed, with a pleasant
effect from clouding or mottling from firing."
Burial No. 12: This burial was unusual in that it turned out
to be a markedly flexed burial, the first
instance in which the long bones and other skeletal parts were
sufficiently preserved and in original anatomical order to indicate
without ambiguity. Burial was mede on the back with femora,
tibiae, and portions of pelvis in place to uake the tightly flexed
condition obvious. It is possible that the poor‘condition of some
of the burials nay have led to the premature conclusion of
secondary interment. This still seems unlikely as uost burials
were closer together than was the case with 3urial l?o. 12. The
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skull to k'o. 12 is larger, more rugged, with large mastoids and
strong supraorbitals, and was diagnosed as an adult male. hb
furniture was found.
Burial kn. 13: This burial consisted only of a badly decayed femur
and smell mound of bone ash relic of a skull (1).
In later troweling, a portion of a lower jaw was found, Constricted
burial area implies that this was a bundle reburial. One