. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 134 BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM A passageway 18 inches wide opened just east of south out of the end of the chamber. The east side was walled to a distance of 4 feet; on the west side the wall ended about 7 feet from the chamber. It is noteworthy, though probably of no particular significance, that. Figure 16.—Contour map of Young mound 1, showing position of burial chamber, A; passageway, B; limits of mound, C; step (?) slab, D; human crania, 1-5; and patho- logical long bones, x-y. Contour interval 6 inches. nearly 6 feet o
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 134 BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM A passageway 18 inches wide opened just east of south out of the end of the chamber. The east side was walled to a distance of 4 feet; on the west side the wall ended about 7 feet from the chamber. It is noteworthy, though probably of no particular significance, that. Figure 16.—Contour map of Young mound 1, showing position of burial chamber, A; passageway, B; limits of mound, C; step (?) slab, D; human crania, 1-5; and patho- logical long bones, x-y. Contour interval 6 inches. nearly 6 feet of the west passage wall consisted of two huge slabs set on edge, beyond which were smaller coursed stones. During our ex- plorations no other burial enclosure was found in which the stones were thus placed edgewise. Eight feet from the chamber, beyond. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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