. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 724 Px\PERS RELATING TO ANTIIROPOLOGr. the north side, about one-third the distance up the mound is a lar^e maple 2^ feet iu diameter. On the east side are large beech, maple, and iron-wood trees. At the edge of the mound and ou the south side is a stump of a large maple, very much decayed. There are five distinct strata (see vertical section): oSTo. 2 is 5 feet thick and of compact clay j No. 3 is li feet thick and is composed of ashes and
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 724 Px\PERS RELATING TO ANTIIROPOLOGr. the north side, about one-third the distance up the mound is a lar^e maple 2^ feet iu diameter. On the east side are large beech, maple, and iron-wood trees. At the edge of the mound and ou the south side is a stump of a large maple, very much decayed. There are five distinct strata (see vertical section): oSTo. 2 is 5 feet thick and of compact clay j No. 3 is li feet thick and is composed of ashes and clay; l^o. 4 is 8 inches, aud consists of ashes and coal; No. 5 is 2^ feet thick, and made of burnt clay; No. 6 is 2| feet deep, and composed of clay aud burnt stones. Between the strata Nos. 4 and 5 were three hearths made of sand and limestone, one in the center, one in the northeast, and the third in the northwest part of the mound. (See foregoiug sketch. A.) In June, 1879, in company with Mr. T. L. Dickerson and Thomas Glid- well, the writer suuk a shaft 12 feet deep into the center, and in the course of the work removed one skeleton with several fragments of pottery aud one fine copper bracelet (Fig. 1). The copper had been pounded iuto a thin sheet and then rolled. A similar one, but smaller, was found some time after- wards by Mrs. A. Crist in the same mound, and is now in Mr. A, W. Butler's collection (Fig. 2). The above-men- tioned skeleton was G feet 3 inches be- low the slabs or rock covering (base section, center figure, head to the east.) In July, 188(», the writer visited the mound in comiiany with Mr. C. W. '?^ Fig. 3.—Bone awl from Glidwell Mound. Fig. 4.—Arrow point from Glidwell Mound. Ruse, and commenced a trench 5 feet wide in the southeast side, about 5 feet from the base (base section, dotted line), and trenched to the, center. "When within 3 feet of center shaft we came upon and re-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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