. Bulletin. Ethnology. HRDLIC'KA] DISCOVERIES ATTRIBUTED TO EARLY MAN 29 feet of alluvial material are found at this place, consisting of alternating layers of sand and muck, which in places grade into soft, fresh-water marl having a thickness of as much as 2 feet. Fossil plants, including leaves, stems, and seeds, are found in the muck bed. The plants apparently are but little changed from their original condition. AMiile excavating in this bank in June additional pieces of the skull ^«ere found as well as a part of the shaft of the right femur and an additional incisor tooth. By reference to
. Bulletin. Ethnology. HRDLIC'KA] DISCOVERIES ATTRIBUTED TO EARLY MAN 29 feet of alluvial material are found at this place, consisting of alternating layers of sand and muck, which in places grade into soft, fresh-water marl having a thickness of as much as 2 feet. Fossil plants, including leaves, stems, and seeds, are found in the muck bed. The plants apparently are but little changed from their original condition. AMiile excavating in this bank in June additional pieces of the skull ^«ere found as well as a part of the shaft of the right femur and an additional incisor tooth. By reference to the text figures and to the description of the fossils it will be seen that the bones of this skeleton, lying at the contact line between strata 2 and 3, are found on either side and around the bones found in place in the older stratum No. 2. The position leads to the suggestion that the bones lying at the base of .stratum No. 3 were derived from stratum No. 2, and that only. Fig. 4.—Detail of sectiou of the bank on the south side of the canal from about to 468 feet west of the bridge. Scale, vertical and horizontal, 1 inch equals 2h feet. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 represent strata 1, 2, and 3 of the general section. Human bones were found in stratum 2 at o and at &. The scapula of a deer was found at c. The over- lying material consists of alternating layers of sand and muck which had not been disturbed. These conform to the irregularities of the underlying formation. (After Sellards.) one skeleton is represented by the two finds. This may be true, since there is no duplication of parts, nnd a large individual is represented in each Instance. It is well to remember, however, that human remains characterize stratum No. 3, a fact indicated by an abundance of pottery, many bone implements, arrowheads, and other small flints. In June, 1916, while excavating near this place, -165 feet west of the bridge, Dr. Sellartls— [I'p. ] found human bones in place in the older
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