. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 2 Fig. 18. Bone awl, from mound near Nai)le8, 111. Lying at right angles to the two skeletons already described in mound No. 3 were six or eight others, all with their feet to the west, except one, which was at least 15 inches below the surface sand, stretched out at full length, with the head to the northwest and feet to the southeast. No object of any kind was found with these skeletons. The bones were greatly decayed, and the skulls so f
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 2 Fig. 18. Bone awl, from mound near Nai)le8, 111. Lying at right angles to the two skeletons already described in mound No. 3 were six or eight others, all with their feet to the west, except one, which was at least 15 inches below the surface sand, stretched out at full length, with the head to the northwest and feet to the southeast. No object of any kind was found with these skeletons. The bones were greatly decayed, and the skulls so far gone as to reuder the fragments almost worthless for any scientific purposes. The posterior portions had been much distorted, probably by the pressure of the earth. The frag- mentary frontal of one bone is remarkable fortheheavy superciliary ridges and retreating forehead, while another has the bone of the nose almost perfect, showing the feature to have been very prominent. The latter specimen is very similar in this particular to Fig. 65 in Foster's "Prehis- toric ; The comi)arison of the Dunleith mound skull with the Neanderthal skull in that figure seems to be very unfair to the former. By elevating the posterior portion of the fragment until the skull as- sumes a normal position, the difference between it and the Neanderthal specimen will be found to be very great. No animal bones or fragments of them were found, and no evidence of any funeral feast or any funeral ceremony in which fire was used. Mound No. 4 was opened by sinking a shaft about 8 feet square in the center several feet below the original surface. Nothing was found but a few fragmentary human bones greatly decayed and one fine, white chert arrow-point, rep. resented in the following figure (half size): Mound No. 5 was opened but nothing found. The earth/ , in mound No. 4 was of the same character as that in No. 3.^ The oval mound. No. 1, was explored in April, 1881 by beginning a trench at
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