. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 725 moved a skull, wliicli 5 feet from the top of the mound and 3 feet below the rock covering. But, strange to say, no other part of the skeleton could be found, or any marks of decayed bones. After the center shaft -was reached it was sunk 2 feet deeper, and trenched back to the place of beginning. In the process six skeletons were removed in a very good state of preservation, two with heads to the ea
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 725 moved a skull, wliicli 5 feet from the top of the mound and 3 feet below the rock covering. But, strange to say, no other part of the skeleton could be found, or any marks of decayed bones. After the center shaft -was reached it was sunk 2 feet deeper, and trenched back to the place of beginning. In the process six skeletons were removed in a very good state of preservation, two with heads to the east; one to the south; one to the north; one to the southeast; one to the northeast. Over one skeleton, whose head pointed to the east, were laid two others (see base section), the head of one to the south, of the other to the north. AVith this group were found one bone bodkin or needle (Fig. 3); two ,^^-,:...„. ^^^_„_.,^_,,j-^^.^^if^ arrow-points (Fig. 4); several ? pieces of animal bones, with a lew fragments of pottery (Fig. 5). : In An gust, 1880, in company |: with Mr. J. E. Snider, the writer fci, .^ i'ontinned his investigation by f) -^ commencing a trench on the west ""v / side about 4 feet from the base I ,,, (base section, dotted lines), and it "^ trenched to the center shaft, re- f> .J^" moving four skeletons. Three of ../ these lay with their heads to the '?*' east; one with the head to the south, or rather a little to the riG. 5 -Pottery ! sontheast(see base plan of sketch A). With the group nf tbree were found several pieces of pottery, one. •v^' Fig. 6.—^ 't:rnt disk from Glidwell 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. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National
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