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Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . fhffakedpieces. ^Grav^f mfh dotv/c/ers andf/aUedpieces. Gneiss. Fio. 5—Cross section .at besiiining of the first trench. The exploitation pits (plate V), intended to determine something ofthe probable nature and extent of the work to be undertaken, were dugalong the line of proposed excavation from the starting point in theravine to the top of the terrace. It was observed that in the lowerhalf the profile of the slope was convex, and that in the upper it wasslightly concave. The convexity of the lower pa
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . fhffakedpieces. ^Grav^f mfh dotv/c/ers andf/aUedpieces. Gneiss. Fio. 5—Cross section .at besiiining of the first trench. The exploitation pits (plate V), intended to determine something ofthe probable nature and extent of the work to be undertaken, were dugalong the line of proposed excavation from the starting point in theravine to the top of the terrace. It was observed that in the lowerhalf the profile of the slope was convex, and that in the upper it wasslightly concave. The convexity of the lower part, from the first figureleaning against the young tree to 20 feet beyond the third figure, isdue to accumulations of refuse along the lower margin of the quarries,while the depression above (beyond the limit of the picture) is due tothe pits left along the quarry face when the site was abandoned. Continuing the excavation beyond the point at which the first crosssection (figure 5) was taken, the art-bearing deposits became quite Bureau of Etmnologv FIFTEENTH ANNUAL (lEPOfiT PL- >.
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