. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. 82 cient village either came from the coast or, what is more probable, had relations with a coast people. On the southeast- ern side of the great mound a low mound was dug away and found to contain about sixty graves, of youths and adults. In one of these, how- ever, a child was bur- ied with a grown per- son, and in another grave two bodies had been placed. This mound had the graves about the edge only, in two rows and three deep. These graves were sometimes care- ful 1 y m a d e wit h stones, but others were only
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. 82 cient village either came from the coast or, what is more probable, had relations with a coast people. On the southeast- ern side of the great mound a low mound was dug away and found to contain about sixty graves, of youths and adults. In one of these, how- ever, a child was bur- ied with a grown per- son, and in another grave two bodies had been placed. This mound had the graves about the edge only, in two rows and three deep. These graves were sometimes care- ful 1 y m a d e wit h stones, but others were only indicated by side stones, and one of the bodies had been placed in the ground without any stones about it. These graves proved very rich in articles buried with the dead, and furnished interesting articles of pottery, pipes, stone implements, ornaments of shells, copper ornaments, 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 Essex Institute. 1n. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute
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