. Bulletin. Ethnology. MEGGEKS AND EVANS] ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 305 "Nov. 23, Mon.—Worked with 2 men. At 10' on bottom found white ash ^^ 8" thick just above 3" or 4" river deposit and then 2" to 3" ashes and earth to top carried and placed above. The bottom is the general level of the campo and from 12" to 15" below high water. . The same stratification continues at 20'; nothing found in the ashes. "Nov. 24, Tues.—Same stratification at 25'. Nothing found except fragments. The first 2}^ ft. of top has fragments. Next 3' nothing, next 1}^' f
. Bulletin. Ethnology. MEGGEKS AND EVANS] ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 305 "Nov. 23, Mon.—Worked with 2 men. At 10' on bottom found white ash ^^ 8" thick just above 3" or 4" river deposit and then 2" to 3" ashes and earth to top carried and placed above. The bottom is the general level of the campo and from 12" to 15" below high water. . The same stratification continues at 20'; nothing found in the ashes. "Nov. 24, Tues.—Same stratification at 25'. Nothing found except fragments. The first 2}^ ft. of top has fragments. Next 3' nothing, next 1}^' few fragments. . "Nov. 28, Sat.—Abandoned work on Md. No. 5 at 9:00 A. M. having excavated well past the middle of the mound down to original soil and found practically ; Mound 7.—Excavation began with 2 trenches at the south end, in which he "dug all day and got not even ; Two more on the west side, toward the north end, were slightly more encouraging: trench 3 produced sherds and fragments of tangas, and trench 4,. Figure 110.—Detailed plan of Mound 7 of the Fortaleza Group showing the extent of Farabee's excavations in this Marajoara Phase cemetery site (after Farabee 1914). two vessels containing ashes and bone fragments at a depth of 1 foot. Although a prohibition against felling any of the trees growing on the site meant that excavation had to be undertaken patchily, a glance at the diagram (fig. 110) Avill show that the testing was quite thorough. Among objects of an unusual nature from this mound were: Trench 4: 2 stone axes. Trench 5: Fragment of a spindle whorl. Trench 6: Small quartz ax 2 feet deep; 6 stools scattered. 15 inches or less in depth. Trench 8: Group of 9 clay stools piled together south of a large pot, half of which projected above ground. Of the stools, 3 had ashes inside, 2 were set over clay; all were right side up. (Farabee, 1914.) -' The use of the term "ash" here and probably elsewhere in Farabe
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