. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 37 thicker than usual, hxy on its right side, broken in pieces. At the neck were 6 cyhndrical shell beads averaging an inch in length by three-eighths of an inch in diameter; under the jaw lay a piece of columella 3 inches long and an inch thick. On the original surface, just north of this grave, were portions of a skeleton; on the same level, still farther north, the remains of another skeleton. Only a few fragments of either remained. Loose on the bottom, 15 feet from the west margin, was a pot broken to pieces. Midway between the
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 37 thicker than usual, hxy on its right side, broken in pieces. At the neck were 6 cyhndrical shell beads averaging an inch in length by three-eighths of an inch in diameter; under the jaw lay a piece of columella 3 inches long and an inch thick. On the original surface, just north of this grave, were portions of a skeleton; on the same level, still farther north, the remains of another skeleton. Only a few fragments of either remained. Loose on the bottom, 15 feet from the west margin, was a pot broken to pieces. Midway between the north margin and the center was an extended skeleton 5 feet 4 inches long," on its back, with the head lying. Fig. 9. Stone grave-cover in Easley mound no. 2. north of east and turned to the right; the teeth were worn flat and the angle of the jaw was much rounded. The body was bent to the right at the hips; the left femur was quite crooked. At a distance of 18 feet west of the center was the outer margin of a pile of stones covering a space 17 feet north and south by 8 feet east and west. These were laid flat on one another, in some places six or seven deep, as if intended to protect a series of graves, but with no attempt at orderly arrangement. The upper layers are a It must be understood that measurements of skeletons are only approximate. As the skull is crushed and the feet bones are displaced in nearly every instance, it is seldom possible to determine their exact limits. The popular notion that "Mound Builders," or indeed aborigines anywhere in the Mississippi Valley, were *' giants" is entirely without foundation. Their skeletons indicate a i)eople no larger than those who have succeeded 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 Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Am
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