. The Antiquarian [serial]. he purpose of the whole. Of Xo. .>. Squier & Davis say that the al-tar was 2 and 1-1 feet above the originallevel of the soil, and that it was .> feet longby 3 feet 4 inches broad, and that the sidessloped at an angle of nearly 30 degreesIt is faced on top and on the sides withslabs of stone, quite regular in form andthickness, and which, although not cut bvam instrument, were closely fitted togeth-er. I have reproduced S<|uier & Mavisfigure (Ancient Monuments of the Missis-sippi Valley, page 156, Fig. 44). This re-production is sin « n in Fig. XI. The ston
. The Antiquarian [serial]. he purpose of the whole. Of Xo. .>. Squier & Davis say that the al-tar was 2 and 1-1 feet above the originallevel of the soil, and that it was .> feet longby 3 feet 4 inches broad, and that the sidessloped at an angle of nearly 30 degreesIt is faced on top and on the sides withslabs of stone, quite regular in form andthickness, and which, although not cut bvam instrument, were closely fitted togeth-er. I have reproduced S<|uier & Mavisfigure (Ancient Monuments of the Missis-sippi Valley, page 156, Fig. 44). This re-production is sin « n in Fig. XI. The stone l- the Waverly sandstone,underlying the coal series, thin strata of winch cap the hills bordering these altar bore the marks of tin: and a fewfragments of the Mound-builders orna-ments, a few pearl beads, were foundon and around it. The original deposit hadprobabl) been removed bj the modern In-dians who hail opened the mound and bur-ied one of their dead on the slope of the 180 THE Fig. 9—Skull perforated for Suspension, Mound No. 4. altar. The stones composing the layer cor-responding to the sand stratum were two orthree deep, presenting the appearance of awall which had fallen inwards. MOUND NUMBER FOUR. In this structure were found several skel-etons—all upon the base line. Several cop-per ornaments (spool-shaped) and oceanshells accompanied them. Squier andDavis seem to have disturbed the center—say a space 8 by 10 feet. Ten feet southwest of the central stakewe uncovered a skeleton, head pointingwest. Two feet from the scapula (south)lay a detached skull, perforated at its is shown in Figure IX. The contrastbetween the two was very marked. claimed that the detachable onewas of brachycephalic type, while the other was dolicocepholic. He was struck withthis peculiarity, as nearly all the skullsfrom every mound in the group, and all ofthose accompanied by relics were brachy-cphalic. The forehead of the detachedskull
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