. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 116 BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM burnt clay, charcoal, and calcined bone were scattered through the fill from a point beginning a few inches below the topsoil. Except as noted above, there was no evidence that the fill had been disturbed prior to our work. The chamber, when cleared (pi. 35, h), proved to be approximately square (fig. 14), with an average depth of 30 inches. The west wall was 8 feet 4 inches long, the north wall 7 feet 9 inches, the south wall 7 feet 5 inches, and the east wall 7 feet 5 inches. The walls averag
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 116 BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM burnt clay, charcoal, and calcined bone were scattered through the fill from a point beginning a few inches below the topsoil. Except as noted above, there was no evidence that the fill had been disturbed prior to our work. The chamber, when cleared (pi. 35, h), proved to be approximately square (fig. 14), with an average depth of 30 inches. The west wall was 8 feet 4 inches long, the north wall 7 feet 9 inches, the south wall 7 feet 5 inches, and the east wall 7 feet 5 inches. The walls averaged about four courses in height, and a few stones scattered, through the. ^AJ>0 Figure 14.—Plan of Nolan mound A, showing position of extended burial inside chamber. upper two layers were fire-reddened. Whereas the east and west walls were plumb or nearly so, those on the north and south leaned outward at the top by 4 to 6 inches. No attempt seems to have been made b}^ the original builders to square the inner courses, and in the northwest, northeast, and southeast angles there appears to have been a deliberate effort to "tie" the adjoining walls by diagonal stones across the corners. In the northwest and southeast corners the diag- onal block was in the third of four courses; in the northeast it was the fourth of five lavers. The southwest corner had been so distorted. 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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