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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo09amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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190 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL into the shells and under the pocket, gradually disclosing the complete re- mains of a full-grown man (Fig. 19) lying on its right side, feet to the north, head facing east, knees doubled up, the left arm extended down through the thighs. The feet had been within the area of the hole in which the Revolu- tionary fireplace had been made, and only one or two foot bones were found. At a later period other foot bones were found on the opposite side of the Revolutionary fireplace, evidently having been displaced in its construction. The right arm was flexed, and tiie hand was under the head, the latter was
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FIG. 19. INDIAN BURIAL, MANHATTAN. intact and every tooth was in place. Shells had been packed over the body, and some around it. We were much puzzled l)y a ninnber of human bones, lying compactly together by the skeleton, in a position that would have been in its lap had it been upright. " We removed the skull, covered the remains, and on Sunday, IVIarch 29th, renewed the work. We went carefully to work upon the cluster of mixed bones in front of the large skeleton, and soon found them to be rather compactly arranged in a rectangular form about 14 by 26 inches, the long bones parallel. The vertebrae abruptly ended parallel with the head of the larger skeleton, and after working some time, we found a skull placed below, beneath the pile of bones in a vertical position, facing north, the

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