Mortuary Features
Feature 9CH
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| Burial pit: |
rectangular with rounded corners, pit dimensions 8.4 ft long x 6.7 ft wide x 0.7 ft deep |
Possible link to image of burial from DHR report? |
| Age, sex: |
Adult male, 35+ years old |
| Body orientation: |
76 degrees east of magnetic north |
| Associated artifacts, features: |
five copper tube beads at neck (two tested are of European manufacture); possible Red Cedar bark sheets wrapped around shoulders; unidentified residue (possible mat or mantle) underneath the skeletal remains; three linear soil stains perpendicular to body at head, feet and pelvis (possibly decayed remains of a litter). |
Feature 57
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| Burial pit: |
oval, pit dimensions 6.1 ft east-west x 3.8 ft north-south x 0.38 ft deep |
Possible link to image of burial from DHR report? |
| Age, sex: |
Adult, indeterminate sex |
| Body orientation: |
100 degrees east of magnetic north |
| Associated artifacts, features: |
Red stain (red ochre?) present on the lateral sides of the right humerus and radius |
