. Bulletin. Ethnology. fowke] ANTIQUITIES OF MISSOURI 37. Fig. 7. Pipe from Dawson mound no. 11. was a clay pipe (fig. 7). Extending northwest from the three pots were burned bones whose position showed that an effort liad been made to place them in proper order; but various discrepancies, as a patella by the head of a femur, showed they were cremated elsewhere and brought here. The bones of the lower legs were less burned than the femora, and the lat- ter in turn less than the skull and upper parts; but the feet resembled charcoal. These bones and pots lay in a mass of hard-burned, brick- lik
. Bulletin. Ethnology. fowke] ANTIQUITIES OF MISSOURI 37. Fig. 7. Pipe from Dawson mound no. 11. was a clay pipe (fig. 7). Extending northwest from the three pots were burned bones whose position showed that an effort liad been made to place them in proper order; but various discrepancies, as a patella by the head of a femur, showed they were cremated elsewhere and brought here. The bones of the lower legs were less burned than the femora, and the lat- ter in turn less than the skull and upper parts; but the feet resembled charcoal. These bones and pots lay in a mass of hard-burned, brick- like mixture of clay and sand; the leg bones were partly in this and partly below it in mingled e a r t h, burned earth, charcoal, and ashes— additional evidence that the cremation had taken place outside. The burned material extended beyond the remains on all sides. Clearly the earth on which the funeral pyre was erected, and perhaps more prepared for the purpose, had been gathered up and made into a sort of coffin and covering; the pots, possibly containing food, had been placed beside the fragments of skulls. In one pot was the head of an adult's femur. Under the clay pipe were bones burned until porous as cinder and sparkling like jet. These were slightly below the level of the high- est stones in the vault wall, and belonged to two bodies which had been laid side by side, extended, with the heads toward the southeast, and burned on the spot. FIG. 8. ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^^^ g-^j^ ^f p.^^l^ skull was a pot; between the skulls was another. All these pots were upright, filled with earth. Under one of the skulls was a pipe made of soft white material, much like chalk; in shape this somewhat resembles the ''monitor" type (fig. 8).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsoni
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