. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 502 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM nearest was a pipe of most peculiar form, the shape of some animal [pi. 22, fig. 5, also text fig. 14]. One of the workmen, a Seneca. Fig. Celt from grave XLVII, pit 92 Fig. 13 Vessel from grave XLVII, pit 92 Indian, pronounced it the representation of a mythical monster known to the Iroquois as the Nia gwa he. The grave bottom was 39" by 63" in dimensions. Grave XLVIII, pit 93, was at 88^ on the west side of trench 10 and contained the remains of an infant skeleton. The bones were crushed and crumbling. No object
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 502 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM nearest was a pipe of most peculiar form, the shape of some animal [pi. 22, fig. 5, also text fig. 14]. One of the workmen, a Seneca. Fig. Celt from grave XLVII, pit 92 Fig. 13 Vessel from grave XLVII, pit 92 Indian, pronounced it the representation of a mythical monster known to the Iroquois as the Nia gwa he. The grave bottom was 39" by 63" in dimensions. Grave XLVIII, pit 93, was at 88^ on the west side of trench 10 and contained the remains of an infant skeleton. The bones were crushed and crumbling. No objects were found in the grave except a dry fibrous substance resembling the decayed fibers of some res- inous wood. Orientation: head southwest, face southeast, right side, flexed. Grave XLIX, pit 94, in trench 15 at 22' on the east side contained the broken root-eaten skeletons of two adults. Before the orbits of the southmost skeleton were 5 triangular flint arrow points and at the chin a crushed pottery vessel. Near the orbits of the north- most skeleton was a black flint knife [see pi. 23, fig. 8]. Orien- tation: skeleton i, head east, face north, right side, almost straight position; skeleton 2, head southeast, face northeast, right side, flexed position. Grave L, pit 95, in trench 15 was at 22' on the west side. It contained a deposit of bone dust and a crushed 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 New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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