Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A MUNSEE CEMETERY 59 This pit contained nine small, carefully worked net-sinkers, notgrouped but scattered through the soil at an average depth of 18 pit also contained animal bones, potsherds, and charcoal, andin all respects was similar to the feast-pits associated with theburials. Whether this pit had been used in connection with theceremonies performed for the burial represented by Skeleton 6cannot be stated. This is not an isolated case, as there were severalsimilar pits, but their relation to
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A MUNSEE CEMETERY 59 This pit contained nine small, carefully worked net-sinkers, notgrouped but scattered through the soil at an average depth of 18 pit also contained animal bones, potsherds, and charcoal, andin all respects was similar to the feast-pits associated with theburials. Whether this pit had been used in connection with theceremonies performed for the burial represented by Skeleton 6cannot be stated. This is not an isolated case, as there were severalsimilar pits, but their relation to nearby burials could not bedetermined. Feast-pits and the remains of feasts deposited with burials areof common occurrence in connection with graves in this generalregion, suggesting the performance of a feast ceremony as part ofthe mortuary rites. Dog Burials The skeletons of two dogs were found in the cemetery. Thefirst, unearthed at a point twelve feet southwest of Skeleton 6, waslying on its side, with the head toward the NE. A worked stone,a few po
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