. Bulletin. Ethnology. 64 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 133 change in altitude becomes progressiA^ely shallower, until it dwindles away entirely. To southeast the deposit slopes away gently to merge with the lower terrace. In form, the midden is irregular, tending to parallel the south beach frontage. Owing to clearing, the natural cover could not be determined. Mr. Wearmouth, the owner, informed us that formerly there were several large shallow depressions visible N N. FlQtJEE -Anian Island midden. (Sketch, contours only approx.) (which he had filled in), which may have been house
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 64 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 133 change in altitude becomes progressiA^ely shallower, until it dwindles away entirely. To southeast the deposit slopes away gently to merge with the lower terrace. In form, the midden is irregular, tending to parallel the south beach frontage. Owing to clearing, the natural cover could not be determined. Mr. Wearmouth, the owner, informed us that formerly there were several large shallow depressions visible N N. FlQtJEE -Anian Island midden. (Sketch, contours only approx.) (which he had filled in), which may have been house pits. It was not possible for us to test these pits, however, to determine if they were houses or not. Two trenches and two test pits were dug in the main midden. Trench 1, at the western corner of the deposit, was 20 feet long (northeast-southwest) by 4 feet wide. The deposit at this point proved to be quite shallow, 31 inches deep at the inner northeast end of the cut, while a rock outcrop rose nearly to the surface at the outer end. Trench 2 was cut into the northern face of the midden at about the midpoint. Wlien completed, it was feet long by 9 feet wide. At the outer end of the trench the midden material was 35 inches deep; at the inner, where the upper edge was approxi- mately 48 inches below the highest portion of the midden, 103 inches. Pit A, sunk near the crest of the deposit, was 6 feet by 4 feet by 110 inches; pit B, nearby, was 6 feet by 4 feet, and discontinued at a depth of 60 inches. Human skeletal remains, occurring near the surface 6 to 10 feet east of pit B, were exposed and excavated. The composition of the midden material exposed by the four cuts was essentially uniform. A layer of black earth with broken shell varying in thickness from 4 inches (pit A) to 16-27 inches (trench 2). 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
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