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Title: Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924, joint author
Subjects: Munsee Indians
Publisher: New York, The Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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, I a. SKELETON 8 WITH DEPOSIT QF ORNAMENTS NEAR SHOULDER
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b. BEADS AND WIRE ORNAMENTS WITH SKELETON 8 H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A M UN SEE CEMETERY 2$ Skeleton 16, a child, 17 in. below the surface. The cranium hadbeen crushed. The body lay extended on its back, the skulldirected S. A small flat stone was found under the jaw. Skeleton 17, a child, the skull 20 in. below the surface. Thebody was on its back, with legs extended and the head pointing SW.Under the jaw were nine tubular beads and one spherical shell bead,also many small glass beads, and eighteen beads of yellow glassmade to represent grains of corn. Skeleton 18, a young child, lying on its back, with legs extended.The skull, which had been crushed, was toward the SW and lay6j in. beneath the surface. A few inches below the jaw andresting on the upper ribs was a bird ornament of shell (fig. 10).About the neck were a number of small glass beads, and ninecylindrical shell beads. This body had been interred over another(Skeleton 19)—the only instance of a superimposed burial i

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